hmm, well maybe I'll just try a sample and see. It probably won't look the same though

I am wondering this same thing too. Also wonder if I need to use ralph lauren paint as basecoat, or if any paint will work. As you said: hmmmm maybe I'll just try a sample. If you have, let us know how it worked? Pic even?

I was sooo tempted to try out this exact Ralph Lauren finish in a powder room. Then I saw how expensive the supplies were and decided to just hire a pro instead. I don't think you'd get quite the same look on orange peel texture but I bet it would do something interesting.

I just did this. It looks horrible (so I googled it to see if anyone else had trouble and ended up here). My walls have thick orange peel. The reason I decided to do this was to camouflage the texture changes on a wall that has many patches from where there was previously a built-in entertainment center.

Well, there are two problems:

1) The applicator leaves lines. It's almost as if I ran a comb over the glaze instead of the smooth-edged applicator. I'm guessing it is jumping over the orange peel bumps and leaving uneven textures of glaze, creating "lines".

2) When it dries, you see all the orange peel bumps.

I used the same tool to glaze a sheet of paper, as a test, and it looked beautiful. No comb-like lines.

Ralph Lauren should have explained that this only looks good on flat walls.

The can says "no refunds", but I'm going back to the store to get my money back. The glaze alone was $50. :(

quote "but I'm going back to the store to get my money back." good luck

I tried it too, and ended up doing something else. I managed to solve the comb problem and I thought it looked OK, (of course it wasn't a smooth plaster look but it was interesting), I just didn't like the color. I found that with the metallic gleam, the light in the room gave it a really different look from the little square from the store, which was a perfect match. Also, it didn't matter at all what color was underneath. When I didn't like it, i tried it directly on the formerly white wall and it was just the same as with the undercoat. Perhaps on a smooth wall the undercolor would show more because. And yes, I agree that the instructions are lacking in that area. It really did not say anywhere that this is for smooth walls. You figure that out as you go, but not till after you've bought the stuff.

I went to Home Depot. The guy in paint department was super nice, and said that it is understood that you are supposed to do it on smooth walls. I said that it was not understood by me. I also explained that neither video nor .pdf instructions say it.

The store manager had to be called, and he ok'd the return. :). I was not sure that they would do it, but I sure was glad. If they had not taken it back, I would have called Ralph Lauren's customer service department, but glad it did not come to that.

I got mine at home depot too, and i had asked about texture also. They said it would be fine. Actually, i thought it was, but it took some practice to get it to look good (no lines). it wasnt smooth like venetian plaster, but it was interesting.