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Carpet Shop Interior, Just Painted

Bluestocking

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The side and back walls are "plastered" with Paperclay, then painted with Behr Marquee in "Radiant Silver".

I like the effect of the Paperclay, though it required a considerable amount of sanding, both with a palm sander and various fine grits on a block.  But the shrinking of the Paperclay as it dried caused the MDF to warp noticeably, and while weighting the walls for a few days seemed to help, they bounced right back afterwards.  Now we are thinking of bracing the walls on the outside to help keep them straight ...

 

(21 January 2019)

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  • Taken with Canon Canon EOS REBEL T5
  • Focal Length 28 mm
  • Exposure Time 1/50
  • f Aperture f/4.0
  • ISO Speed 1600
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Emerald

As I wrote, the shops have always been a love of mine!!!!  You are doing terrific.  Just a thought, have you thought of painting before setting up the walls?  Sorry you are having challenges with paperclay!  

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Bluestocking
On 1/27/2019 at 10:39 AM, Emerald said:

 have you thought of painting before setting up the walls?

(Sorry for the very late response!)

The walls are just dry-fitted here -- I definitely painted before assembling!

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