The effects of Dragging can transform your walls to the look of textured fabric. Dragging is a subtractive technique that simulates the look of fabric on your wall. If possible, it's best to work in pairs to accomplish the work. One person rolls on the glaze, while the other person drags over the glaze with a brush removing the paint, starting with the top corner of a wall. This technique can also be used on doors or paneling.

Tools and Materials:

• 4” Nylon/Polyester Brush

• 3/8” Nap Roller, Bucket of Water

• Cloth Rags

• Gloves

• Drop Cloth

• Paint Tray

• Interior Paint (two different colors, we recomend choosing either an eggshell, satin enamel or semigloss enamel finish)

• Faux Glaze.

Preparing your wall:

• Fill in all holes in your wall and allow patch to dry thoroughly.

• paint your wall with a base coat of your choice and allow to dry for 4 hours.

• Mix your 2nd paint color with your faux glaze. The ratio being 4-1. One gallon of faux glaze to one quart of paint. Mix in a large bucket.

• Pour some of the glaze mixture into a roller pan. Roll your roller into the paint.


Adding and Removing the Glaze Color:

• Begin at the top corner and roll the Glaze Color in a 3 ft. section down the entire length of your surface. Use a dry brush and drag the bristles down (vertically) through the wet Glaze Color. Maintain a dry brush by always wiping the brush with a cloth rag after each pass.

• Roll the Glaze Color onto the next 3 ft. section down the wall overlapping the previous section slightly to blend them together. Continue this dragging process until the entire surface is complete.

Optional: For a woven look, allow the dragged surface to dry 20 min, then lightly roll a thin coat of Glaze Color over the Dragged surface and drag your brush horizontally across.

Tip: Hold your brush parallel to the surface and lightly press the tips, keeping the bristles rigid.