I do have some pictures that I can post, and there are some in American Painting Contractor Nov/Dec issue. Most of these are at a 24-hour restaurant chain that we do here in Central Texas. One of them is of the brownbag technique we do over shiplap walls, mainly for a transition until budget allows homeowner to sheetrock over, but in this case, they never did. They loved the warm and cozy effect of the BrownBagWalls.
Bonnye
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Well, they didn't come across so well, but I can always send some to you individually if you want to see more or better samples. Thanks for the interest. It is a great alternative income for the paperhanger/painter and so good for the DIY.
Bonnye
Thanks,
The detail didn't come thru too well on the smaller ones. I lightened them up and closed in on my PC in Irfanview. It looks intresting for certain circumstances. My first glance at the smaller ones seemed like OSB panels though.
I assume you use old brown paper bags to paste to the walls for covering old sins and then laquer or urethyne over them?
Excellence is its own reward!
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius
Actually it is brown builder paper bought on a roll and a DRC sealer (drywall repair clear) that I use...much like an acrylic shellac. Not intended for this use at all, but truly one-of-a-kind. Instructions free for the asking at http://www.brownbagwalls.com
And what kind of a rate do you knock down for this, not that Texas prices would apply to New England.
Looks like all those pages will be slow loading but I'll take a look there. If pricing is already mentioned, don't bother to respond if you needn't.
OK, the site is a little loose. Do I fill out a form at the back and ask specifically? or do i call the phone number?
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Excellence is its own reward!
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius
Edited 11/30/2002 6:53:19 PM ET by piffin
Depending on what I am going over on a commercial scale, I get minimum $2.25 per sf. Residentially, I usually get about $1.50+. It is wonderful to market, because it has no seams, no cutting, anyone can do it...but the ingredients in my formula tend to make it one-of-a-kind faux finish that falls somewhere between traditional paper and expensive faux finish painting. I have done it professionally for about 4 years and now the world is finally catching on. I do furniture pieces, floors, walls, ceilings, all kinds of surfaces...even countertops. It is papier mache on a grande scale, but like I said, the motteling is the part people like and cannot figure out.
Many people brownbag, but this can be faux finished over...really good for paneling as you do not have to prepare the grooves.
How well does it do on plaster to hide small cracks?.
Here's another thread you might be interesrted in posting it to
http://forums.taunton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=tp-breaktime&msg=25019.59
Excellence is its own reward!
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius
Edited 11/30/2002 7:27:13 PM ET by piffin
Brown bag huh! Do you also do a "half in the bag"?
Those walls only go down to the wainscot. Guess you could call that half bagged.
LOL.
Excellence is its own reward!
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius
Yeah...that's about right...half-bagged. The other day, someone called me the Bag Lady...that's about right too.
Marcus quote...not many people even understand who he was, much less what he had to say. Very interesting history with that human.
He borrowed some of the best thoughts from many, weighed tham all carefully in his balanced mind, and wrote his conclusions down.
And he was living in a position that allowed him the freedom to do it..
Excellence is its own reward!
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius
You are so right about Marcus...amazing time and amazing provocative man.
The brownbag technique does really well over plaster. Even though we don't have much plaster here in Texas, my sister lives in a 156-year-old house that is all plaster. We brownbagged three of her rooms that were a little chalky and cracked and found that the Draw-Tite, made by Scotch Paints in California, was really the key. It originated as a masonry product 40 years ago and has crossed over as a drywall repair clear (DRC)...new term in the industry.
In our area, we have had two decades of paperhangers, builders, painters not priming walls for 54" vinyl or prepasted paper. So now the fun time is the sour taste in people's mouths about wallpaper. Hence, the need for a sealer to help with damaged drywall and torn felt when removable happens over unprimed walls. I have hung for 20 years professionally, and this product has made my life so much easier, both with traditional hanging and the last four years of torn-paper effects that I have done.
Because I won the Zinsser Winning Walls with Wallcovering contest, I was able to get a television spot on the local NBC hourly magazine, which in turn brought more exposure to my method of brownbagging. I am having a blast and I choose to share with professionals and DIYs via the forums and listserves until I can get a national sponsor who wants to pay me to train people nationally...well, it's a plan anyway.
Glad to have found this forum. I belong to several others and so, unfortunately, haven't had the time to do justice by my website, but all in time, I hope. Thanks for the interest.
Bonnye
I am very interested. As a remodeler I always need savy solutions to tell clients. Please send me more details. I could make out the pics very well.
Hi...since I posted last, my computer crashed and I lost most of my brownbag pics, so I will have to reload all of them this coming week. But...the instructions I can send to you privately.
Brownbagging isn't something I invented, I just seem to be able to market it and do my one-of-a-kind signature look with it. It is all due to the three ingredients I use together that seem to create some kind of reaction, almost chemical, that makes it mottle or spot like an instant faux finish.
I have always done it in the brown builder paper made by Tufco Technologies, and now I am also doing it with the red rosin paper of theirs. I have tried other papers, but the spotting doesn't happen. That is why I stress the importance of the particular brands I use in my instructions.
E-mail me privately at [email protected] and I can attach the instructions for you.
Bonnye