The emails have been flying on this one.  The Faux Leather Wall Finish did not go as planned. Here is the original call for help:

 Hi Debra!  I painted our master bath a beautiful red (three coats), then faux painted with the Woolie a top coat, raw umber glaze, in an attempt to achieve a beautiful deep red leather look.  It looks terrible!  I ended up with a washed out muddy looking brown over the red, with no textured look of leather at all.  What do I do now?! Thanks for your help!  Sarah

Here is my first reply:

Hi Sarah,
Oooops, I am so sorry you are have problems achieving a red leather look  on your walls.  If I had pictures It might be helpful. My first question is… do your walls have a sheen to them? Also, it takes very little brown to create a texture look. I need more information to be helpful.   Please tell me what  products you used and how you used the woolie. Be a descriptive as possible.  I will try to help you resolve this issue ASAP.  Debra  THAT Painter Lady.com

Sometimes I can visualize a problem wall without pictures if I can get enough of an explanation concerning the products and the technique used.

Sarah did fire off a reply with all the information I needed:

Hello and thanks for responding!  I'm hoping there is something I can do to salvage my mess!  I used a satin latex paint which is according to the Woolie's instructions. 

The walls have a slight sheen, not too shiny. 
I mixed a raw umber (deep chocolate) satin latex paint with glaze, 4 parts glaze to 1 part paint, 4 cups glaze to 1 cup paint, per a faux paint book's instructions. 
I could not find colorant to buy like your website says, but the paint guy dipped the stick in his colorant and we matched it.  In total we used 2 1/2 cups of the glaze mixture in the master bath which is 262 square feet of wall.  That works out to be 1/2 cup of the raw umber in the entire room.

We brushed with a brush a little of the glaze on the wall, working in about 3' x 3' sections, enough glaze to work with it seemed, but maybe it was too much.  It seemed when we put less glaze on, it wasn't enough to work with, or it wasn't enough to spread around with the Woolie.  We tamped the Woolie up and down like the lady in the Woolie video! I'm thinking I might be able to save it by mixing my red with glaze, not sure how much of each to mix, then doing another top coat, perhaps thistime using crumpled plastic.  The red is called Spanish Tile, very nice. The Woolie seems to give more of an appearance of sponging rather than leather. 

Thanks so much for helping me!!!  Sarah  

And here is the faux painting leather answer :

1.  Hi,
   Okay… here are my thoughts on this:

   First… using paint in the glaze instead of universal tints is probably why your walls look like they have mud on them.  

   It would take a long explanation of why, but in short… the glaze doesn't resemble stain.  In the old days… we used to use linseed oil, turpentine and something like shoe polish to make our glazes.  Smell!  oooh weee!

   When you add paint to a faux glaze you are adding pigment… in other words it is something that will cover over the underling color, instead of letting it show through. It's like using whiteout on paper instead of using white glue.
   When the white out dries… the ink you covered up isn't showing through. But if you used white glue to cover the ink… you would still be able to see the ink after the white glue dries.  If you add something like ink to the white glue it would still be transparent after it dried… it's just now a color. Like stained glass.  

   Now I like to use water based products such as faux glaze medium because they don't smell.  But… we still need the same results. But… fuax glaze in a water base dries quicker and so it doesn't spread and mooooosh around as easily.  

   So… back to your problem.

   The brown on the walls is now here to stay. So you need to go over the top of it to camouflage it.  Your idea of going over the top with the red is going to work.

   My suggestion would be:

   1.Use the red paint full strength.  I would take the Woolie or Sponge and wipe on the red paint.  I know it will look like a sponge painting technique if you just pat, so I smoosh.  Which means pat on the paint in an area 3' or so and then go back and wipe with the same woolie.  You are not trying to cover every inch of the previous brown areas, just most of it.  
   2. When that is dry… Now you should have a blotchy wall.  And you will need to smooth out the darks and lights… or reds and browns.  A very sheer coat of red glaze will do the trick.  Mix 5 parts glaze with 1 part red… add water if it's thick.  This can go on with a brush or one of those mini rollers.  The red will fly if you use a roller.  So I like to use a cheap brush and but it on starting in a corner and using quick crosshatch strokes.  This goes really fast, so don't worry about how much time it will take.

   3. Now when that is dry…. Go back to your brown glaze mixture and do the plastic wrap technique you were talking about.  You could dip a balled up piece of plastic wrap or bag into the glaze and then use it on the wall as if you were sponge painting.  But I like to roll the glaze mixture on the wall and then lay a piece of plastic over the glaze… pat… and then remove. This will give you the faux leather effect I think you are looking for.  Get a large piece of very thin plastic from the hardware store.  

   Hope this helps

   Let me know if I can help more,
   Debra

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