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The crackle paint technique gives the wall texture. People absolutely love it!
Crackle paint technique is when you make the paint on your walls look like it contains little cracks throughout the paint creating a neat style. Their is usually special paint that you can buy that when dry, will create the cracked paint look.
The crackle paint technique may come up when building and decorating a home if it is a style of paint you are interested in. You can find out more about painting your home here: www.hgtv.com
You can't just use the crackle nail polish because there has to be another polish under it. its like crackle paint for walls, the chemicals react with the normal nail polish in order to make the crackle effect.
You can buy crackle paint, I dot think you can make it unless you are extremely competent with chemistry.
Crackle finish is the product of painting the piece with a crackle medium, which is a paint/finish product which forms cracks when it dries. Craft and home improvement stores sell it.
blue w/ black crackle
To find out about paint crackling check out www.diynetwork.com/how-to/a-crackle-painted-wall/index.html. They will provide you with easy instructions for paint crackling application.
crack your nails against a table. :)
Paint crackling is a technique that some people actually want. There is a new nail polish out now that is crackle. I suggest you go to your local paint store and buy better quality of paint.
Spray paint crackles when it dries unevenly due to factors like temperature, humidity, or applying too many layers too quickly. This causes the paint to shrink and pull apart, creating a crackled effect.
The manufacturers add a solvent (ethanol) to the polish that makes the crackle layer dry quickly and unevenly. Curiously, this is the opposite of the way "normal" nail polish should work, as it should dry smoothly and evenly. This answer is from a different question site.