Patent ID: 6331327
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: B05C

Abstract:
A method of creating a faux finish on a surface comprising the steps of:a) providing an apparatus for creating a faux finish on a surface, the apparatus having a pair of roller covers that each include a core, a raised foam pattern mounted to the core and an outer surface, the core including a pair of core ends and a circumferential area between the pair of core ends, the foam pattern having a foam surface, a perimeter and distinct edges at least at the perimeter of the foam pattern, with the foam pattern sized, shaped and positioned to create adjacent edges and an irregular gap between the adjacent edges when the foam pattern is received on the core, the foam pattern covering a majority of the circumferential area of the core with a portion of the core being free of foam at least at the gap, resulting in a majority of the outer surface of each roller cover being the foam surface and in the outer surface being discontinuous;b) loading first and second paints having at least one different visually perceptible characteristic onto the pair of roller covers, wherein the first paint is applied to one roller cover and the second paint is applied to the other roller cover; andc) applying the first and second paints to a surface by moving the apparatus in an overlapping motion over the surface, blending the first and second paints on at least a portion of the surface by movement of the foam surfaces of the foam patterns of the pair of roller covers over the surface and discharging the respective paints at the edges of each foam pattern as distinct but muted edge discharge marks, some of which appearing as at least fragmentary portions of an outline of the raised foam pattern, with the edge discharge marks of one foam pattern distinguishable from the edge discharge marks of the other foam pattern due to the different visually perceptible characteristic of the paint, the edge discharge marks combining with blended paint portions to produce the faux finish on the surface with at least some edge discharge marks overlaid upon the blended paint portions.