About 7 years ago I did my basement rec room and upstairs guest bath with the 'woolie'...and also helped a friend do her two story foyer....Now I am not very talented nor do I really care for alot of sponging and faux paint techniques, but this is very simple and in all cases I mentioned above, that paint is still there! and I still like it. Mine is very subtle and my friend's is more constrasty and blotchy...just a difference in what we like.
You can go to woolie.com to see how it's done. Basically you use about three colors ( I used all on the same strip about 2 apart)splashed on all with the same brush, and then pat with the woolie til blended as much or little as you like. It goes on FAST! ( or I would never have bothered!! HA)

I have also used the 'woolie roller'. 2 colors and also very easy and fast!

Take a look and have fun!! I wish I had pics to share, but don't at this time.

Here is a link that might be useful: The woolie

I just looked at the site, and if you go to Products, the things I am talking about are
1.) Woolie Tool
2.) 2-Color Roller kit
and also I found the Little Woolie Tool to very useful for edges and corners.
HTH!

Years ago I did Venetian plaster on a bathroom wall. I loved it. It will definately cover all wall defects. I got the plaster from Home Depot. It was Behr. It comes in several colors. Its the consistency of cake frosting. You spread it on the walls with a trowel. After its dry, you take a clean trowel and rub the metal portion over the wall. The more you rub, the more glossy the finish becomes. If you choose not to rub the wall at all, the finish looks like suede. I love the look but it would be a pain to make the wall a perfectly smooth surface and ready for paint after you tire of the look.

{{!gwi}}

Luvnlife, I think I LIKE the woolie idea...I looked at their site & saw the double roller thing which might be neat. Are their products carried locally?

I actually attended a class at HD for the venetian plaster technique years ago--it seemed wonderful, but like mentioned above, what to do when you get tired of it?

Brenda:
I didn't go into my local Ace to see, but I googled it and they show some of the Woolie products at acehardware.com. I'm not sure where I got mine, 'cause it's been awhile, but I wonder if it was Walmart?

anyway it is super easy, and if you use the woolie pad thingy, it really takes very little paint. It would work with any kind of paint, so if you wanted scrubbable, then just go with that kind of paint. I suppose you could add glaze to your mixture too.

Have fun! It's only paint! :) and can be painted right over some day!

Here's an interesting forum page about the Woolie (I should find these things first so I don't always have to post twice 8~\) Also, the last post says NO glaze. Woops, sorry about that bad advice!

The link won't post right so you will have to copy/paste this:
http://forum.doityourself.com/faux-finishing/165196-woolie-paint-roller.html

OK that doesn't work either....Maybe you can find it by googling "where is the woolie roller found?"
When I did that, about the 5th entry down is from a doityourself forum and I clicked on that. It is old from '03 or '05 maybe that's why I can't link it.

Ok the link works now!

Here is a link that might be useful: woolie forum