Color Me Pleased... very pleased.

I petered out around 12:30am. I was starting to feel the first signs of fatigue about an hour before that but that's when I finished the majority of the glazing. It took an hour or so to clean up and we made it to bed by 1:40am. Still undone is the very top and bottom portions of the walls.

Over the San Juan Hill (that ended up drying in a light peach range), we used a maroon glaze. We tried a couple of techniques for application before settling on the final method. Our walls have a plastered? texture on them. It looks like someone actually troweled on the texture. There are swirls and reliefs that make it a highly uneven surface. We figured out for the paint that we needed to use a medium texture roller to effectively fill in the texture. When we did the ceiling, we only had one of the correct rollers and a smooth surface roller. The smooth surface roller was almost impossible to get any consistent coverage... but it gave us an idea.

Method 1:
1. Use smooth surface roller to apply scattered coat of glaze to area.
2. Use tightly rolled rag roller to spread glaze.
Status: Rejected

Method 2:
1. Use smooth surface roller to apply scattered coat of glaze to area.
2. Use wiping cloth to "schmeer" glaze (wipe it around).
3: Use tightly rolled rag roller as a subtractive element to remove glaze in a pattern.
Status: Rejected

It was determined that the rag was wrapped around the tube too tightly (we figured out later that we could have loosened the wrap). I recalled that we had a sea sponge roller. It was actually created to spread two different paints/glazes simultaneously so it had a gap in the middle but I figured the loose pattern of the sponge would serve better than the rag roller... and would be easier than "dabbing" with a wadded up rag. We finally settled on...

Method 3:
1. Use smooth surface roller to apply scattered coat of glaze to area.
2. Use wiping cloth to "schmeer" glaze.
3. Use sponge roller to work through the glaze.
Status: Accepted

Using the sponge started as a subtractive method. Basically, you apply the glaze to the wall, then use something to remove, or subtract, some of the glaze. In an additive method, you use the uneven element to apply the glaze to the wall, just like you would with a roller or paint brush. What ended up happening was the sponge ended up being a subtractive and an additive method of application. It quickly soaked up enough of the glaze that, when pressed against the wall, it would release. So, at some points it would take glaze off, at others it would put some on, and at still others it would just spread it around a bit in interesting patterns.

The effect is phenomenal. I absolutely LOVE it. It can't be described - at least not by me - but I'll take a picture and post it later.

We're off to Easter dinner with some family friends so we won't be able to finish glazing this weekend. We're both very anxious to finish and get the new furniture in... I'll post a pic of the finished room, too. Should I mention to my wife that now would be a good time to rip out the carpet and put down a wood laminate?