I like black, white, gray and natural tones in my house. But every now and then a striking wall with a classy glamor effect is also very beautiful. The moment I found out that Smartdeco also had metallic velvet products on the market, I became very curious. I started working with the metallic stucco and I think the result is great! I would therefore like to take you through the process of applying this metallic stucco variant of wall paint on the wall and I would of course also be happy to show you the end result. This way you can also decide for yourself whether you would like a metallic velvet color on your wall. I chose metal stucco paint in a rose gold shade, and now I finally have my pink wall!
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I have known Smartdeco for some time. In recent years I have already tackled several DIY jobs with materials from this webshop. For example, take a look at my refurbished windowsills and the dining table in concrete look that I have tackled myself. Cool jobs with concrete ciré that are always just as exciting to start (I think), but where I am always super happy with the result afterwards.
Anyway, now a job with metallic stucco, a wall paste variant of wall paint. Because it's not quite a real paint. Yet it actually works just as fine as a paint, this metallic velvet stucco. And the result is more beautiful if you let a wall glitter in this way than if you get started with a metallic paint.
You can find the metallic velvet from Smartdeco here
Above you already read what my favorite colors are in the house. But for this time I decided to work with a slightly different color of paint on the wall, namely metallic rose gold. Or officially metallic velvet rosé, as the beontciré webshop has called the color of this stucco. I also found it not so easy to choose the color. All the metallic paste colors they have are beautiful. I therefore asked for a set of samples to be able to make a good choice.
My idea was to work with a metallic stucco in a light pink shade, because you see metallic gold more these days. And metallic wall paint in rose gold is really different. Slightly less intense in color, but with the same beautiful shine and velvet effect. But do you prefer a silver tone, a blue metallic or even an anthracite or copper color metallic stucco? Then they have those for you too. All with the same beautiful classy look and the metallic velvet effect. And apply in the same way. How? I'm going to show you that now.
As mentioned, it is not ordinary wall paint, but it is actually just as easy to apply. You just have to dare.
First of all, make sure you have a clean, dry wall without cracks. The wall that I wanted to do in our office with the metallic plaster did have a few cracks. So I had to fix it first. I did that with Brander Reno Filler, a jar with a kind of powdery stucco that my plasterer gave me to touch up damage in the wall. After I applied that, I sanded that spot smooth again and then my wall was ready for use.
Do you now have a wall that has just been plastered? Then make sure that you first sand it completely smooth, as you do before you paint your wall with a regular wall paint instead of the metallic stucco variant. If you don't, you'll see all the bumps or scratches and that's a shame. With a freshly plastered wall, you first apply a primer to the wall (even if you are going to paint it for the first time) to ensure that the plastered wall loses its absorbent effect. And then it's party time!
Apply the metallic velvet color primer that you can order with the metallic velvet stucco first. You can apply this color primer with a roller, but I applied it myself with a brush? Why? Because I hate to mess around. And since the color primer for the metallic velvet is quite thin, I keep dripping when I apply it with the roller. So I recommend a brush.
After the color primer - it must dry for 30 minutes to 3 hours, depending on the circumstances - it is time for the metallic stucco wall paint. You apply this with a flexible trowel, because as I mentioned above, this wall paint is actually a kind of paste, also called metal stucco paint. But metallic wall paint simply 'beaks' better, so that's why.
The paste is nice and spreadable, so my technique is as follows:After opening the bucket with metallic stucco, I first stir it. I don't know if it's really necessary, but that's a kind of 'force of habit'. I have the flexible trowel in my right hand and with the left hand I always scoop the necessary metallic stucco onto my flexible trowel with my putty knife.
With the trowel you make semicircular movements over the wall. The paste is very spreadable, so you can spread it out well. First I'm going to smear horizontally with crescents and then I'm going to go over that vertically. You can immediately see that the metallic wall paint brings a shimmer to your wall. As if you have a velvet wall with those streaks in the fabric. You probably know that from a velvet sofa, pillow or chair. This gives your wall an exclusive look.
One layer of rose gold metal stucco is not enough for our wall to cover well, but I was already prepared for that. I have enough to lubricate 2 layers of metallic stucco. The first layer of paste should dry for 2 hours before applying the second layer.
If you are like me, you will undoubtedly have some stress with processing this metal stucco paint. However, I can already tell you that this is not necessary. The application itself is a piece of cake. I personally find it easier to apply than the concrete ciré that I have applied to the windowsills and the dining table. If there is a grain on your wall, you will see that you make a scratch in the metal stucco paint when applying the wall paste. But by ironing over it again from another side, while the paste is still wet, it also disappears immediately. This way you can easily make a nice shiny wall with the metallic stucco.
Now a nice plinth to finish and make a radiator conversion yourself and the wall is completely ready!
