Summary

This guide explores all the benefits of using water-based paints, andemonstrates the techniques for achieving the broadest spectrum of coloursnd effects.;Worldwide, professionals and amateurs alike are moving fromolvent-based paints to the healthier and more ecologically-friendlylternative of solvent-free paints. Easy and pleasant to use, water-basedaints are capable of giving doors, walls, ceilings and furniture most of thetandard decorative finishes, as well as some new and unusual ones.;This bookiscusses each water-based medium in detail, placing it in historicalerspective, and shows how distemper, milk paints, emulsion, acrylics andater-based varnishes can all be used to their best advantage. It shows theyriad paint effects that can be achieved on walls and furniture withoutesorting to solvents, including wood grain, stone and metallic finishes.;here is an analysis of commercially-available water-based paints, and theook gives recipes for mixing paint. Practical step-by-step photographsllustrate how to achieve a foolproof finish, from simple techniques, such as