The Woolie 2-Color Paint Roller Faux Painting Technique (Beginner-Starter-KIT)

I love the Woolie system. I'm so glad I discovered it. The only faux painting I had done was using a rag technique about 15 years ago. It was moderately successful bout I wouldn't do it again. So I just finished our foyer in the blended style using the split roller and it looks amazing! We followed the instructions as per the videos and the results are epic. I will definitely get another roller when the time comes. They get very crusty on the edges even after a thorough washing so I don't know how many times they can realistically be used.I will share my experience. You may have to go over some areas twice because your first efforts might not be as you hoped. So don't lose faith. You can easily go over a previously painted area and make it look like the rest of the wall. Please note this as well; if your job is going to require multiple days as ours did, you're going to have mixed results when you start on the second day. When I started the second day of this split roller blended look, the paint was going on very blurry and not at all like day 1. I kept on keeping on and it started to behave, and my muscle memory returned as well. So don't despair! Just keep at it. The roller and the paint will adjust, as will your technique. Blending with a previously painted area takes only a bit of practice but it isn't hard.Another thing you'll contend with if your job entails a lot of wall space is how one area will inevitably look darker or lighter than another, so you just have to go back to your paint tray and try to load the appropriate side of the roller a bit more. We found that the lighter color REALLY wants to dominate, so you have to roll that baby until it blends in. Trial and error, but you can't get it wrong. It's way more art than science. Some degree of "mistakes" give it character. You'll be so proud when you're done! If you have a high ceiling it's kind of a bear, because it's really hard to tell what results you're getting when your face is only a foot or so from the wall, so get used to the idea of climbing up and down the ladder and criticizing the hell out of yourself. :)Lastly, when you come to corners you can use the little Woolie pad for sure, but I also used the brush a lot. Especially near the ceiling, where I held a piece of cardboard to the ceiling and used the roller to get as close to the corner as possible, but was left with a line of solid color, in our case, sage that I used to cut in with. It took a bit of practice but I used the brush in a pointillist style and dabbed the lighter color as randomly as possible. A man on horseback couldn't tell. Looks pretty good. Again, it's a technique meant to have character! The same process more or less was used in the wall corners. In areas around doors where a roller wouldn't fit I used the small Woolie pad and messed around with technique A LOT until I got a routine that worked, that with a little of the brush dabbing did the trick more or less. The little Woolie also got very crusty and is not basically useless after 2 days.Cheers! And good luck!

I don't love this item as much as the Woolie pad, but it's very nice to have. It is much faster and easier than single color rolling, and faster than the single Woolie pad method, but the effect is not as muted as that which the Woolie pad gives. I am going to use this in my hallway, but I'm going to keep the pad handy to soften the edges. I have to say that the mini-Woolie is fairly useless after the first use...unless you dunk it in water and dry it off constantly, it gets quite crusty around the edges very quickly (and the one I received wasn't very "filled out" to begin with). I still recommend all the Woolie products, though. They make painting your walls a lot more fun and interesting.

Not thrilled with the roller or slit roller pan at all. No matter how lightly you rolled, it wasn't long before the roller matted down. I spent as much time fluffing the roller back up as painting. The little wellie for trim worked great. I would buy it again. I had to rinse it out after several uses because paint would dry on it preventing it from giving the soft blend it is supposed to but I could deal with that. The devided on the pan and the center of the roller were too large keeping the roll from reaching the bottom of the tray. I had to reload the paint when tray was only half empty due to this. I had a huge room with cathedral ceilings that I painted and too me a day and a half to paint due to the problems with the tray n roller. I would mot buy again. I would go back to the double sponge roller set I have used in the past.

The process with these rollers is a little bit more involved than regular roller painting. However, the end result is more than worth it! I painted three rooms and they all look great!

Just follow the video, let it dry before you start messing with or trying to fill in what you think is wrong, sometimes a break and it looks perfect when you return. I put on a clear coat, and not only does it look like marble, but my 4 kids cannot stain it. Everything wipes off.

I was a little skeptical about trying something that was advertised as 'easy and fun' to use, until I read multiple reviews saying the same thing. They weren't lying. It really was very easy and definitely fun to use. It came out beautiful!About the only thing I didn't like was the fact that the roller did get matted down after a while. It would leave streaks that I'd have to go over again right after. Other than that, it came out looking professional.

I haven’t used this one yet.I have used this in the past and yes, itworks well. Their informational guide andon-line UTube videos are excellent formany designs and tastes.I recommend watching them first then youcan decide on the style/pattern youlike.

I liked the ease of using the Woolie system. My wall looks amazing.