Our Roman Clay Kitchen Hood

Our kitchen hood is put in and the Roman Clay is completed and it appears SO GOOD! I simply love the best way it turned out a lot. And sure, the again wall behind it’s nonetheless clean, however I’m taking my time to determine precisely what I wish to do there. I don’t wish to rush it.

Anyway, again to the hood. We acquired it from Hoodsly. I liked lots of issues about working with Hoodsly, however the truth that the customization stage was infinite actually was the icing on the cake. They’ve so many alternative choices: curved, straight, strapping, molding, and so forth. And when you make your form choice you’ll be able to transfer ahead and customise it with stain, paint, prime it, or go away it uncooked. Plus, when you want any assist you’ll be able to schedule a video chat they usually’ll stroll you thru the whole lot.

As soon as the hood got here, the set up wasn’t too tough as a result of it got here in two elements. The craftsmanship from Hoodsly is SO good! It was lovely proper out of the field. I selected to depart ours uncooked, as a substitute of paint or stain it, as a result of I knew I wished to provide it a Roman Clay end.

THE DUCT WORK

Earlier than I’m going into the Roman Clay particulars, I wished to provide a fast run down on the duct work. The one answer for the duct work was to return out by the wall behind the hood and into the eating room.Then from there it goes exterior. The duct runs alongside the wall after which we boxed it in to cover it. Whereas boxing it in, I selected to cowl the can mild that was there as a result of we didn’t use it and it was in a bizarre spot. We additionally wanted to maneuver the air return, so we moved it to the underside of the beam so that you don’t see it instantly. Ultimately I’ll wrap the beam in a cool wooden to complete it off. Going exterior, for the outer vent piece on the skin of the home, we are going to paint it to match the home seamlessly.

THE ROMAN CLAY

Now for the Roman clay. Step one is to prep the hood, and by that I imply get the whole lot taped off and lined that must be. After that, it’s time to prime! I used Kilz primer for this.

To complete prep work, I wanted to caulk across the ceiling for a clear seam. There was an enormous hole on the high the place the hood meets the ceiling. So as a substitute of compressing extreme quantities of caulk in there, I used Backer Rod. The Backer Rod is a styrofoam tubing that fills the hole so that you don’t must fill it with a ton of caulk. It’s tremendous simple to make use of. All you need to do is reduce it to size after which shove it within the hole. It is available in small, medium, and huge sizes. Medium labored effectively for me after which I reduce it in half for smaller gaps. I like to make use of my finger to clean out the caulk as soon as it’s utilized. Then I’m going over it with a child wipe to make it much more clean and wipe away the surplus.

As soon as the caulk and the primer are dry, it’s time for Roman Clay! I used the colour Full Circle from Portola paints, which is identical colour as my fire. That is my third time utilizing Roman Clay and it all the time has such a phenomenal end! Roman clay is produced from pure substances and offers a marbled impact, akin to Venetian plaster, however with a extra refined and natural look. It’s beneficial to solely apply it on clean inside surfaces. Seal it with a high coat to provide it a slight sheen and make it sturdy and wipeable.

To use it, I like to make use of plastic putty knives. I acquired actually dangerous black scratch marks on our fire with steel ones so plastic appears to work significantly better. After which, I like to make use of two knives. One smaller one to scoop it out of the container and put it onto the larger one and the larger one to use it to my floor.

Probably the greatest issues about Roman clay is that there’s actually not lots of rhyme or motive to the movement of the way you apply it. You’ll be able to’t mess it up. Simply scoop a small quantity onto your knife (slightly goes a good distance!) and begin. At all times work your approach down from the highest. There’s no proper or improper approach. Simply be natural with it and make some curvy, swervy actions.

The objective with the primary coat is to use a skinny layer for protection. Don’t fear when you miss some small areas. The massive clean areas are the best and I’d undoubtedly advocate beginning with these if that is your first time. You’ll discover although, my hood has small quantities of trim. I’ve by no means utilized it on molding or trim. So I figured my best choice was to make use of a chip brush to calmly brush it on. I utilized it as easily as I may and didn’t stress about it an excessive amount of as a result of after it dried I used to be going to be sand it down. You must let the primary coat dry in a single day after which you’ll be able to sand and repeat.

Subsequent is to sand down all of the ridges to get it again to a clean floor earlier than making use of the second coat. I used a 300 grit sanding block to go round till I had a pleasant clean floor once more.

As soon as I sanded the whole lot I used to be prepared for a second coat. The second coat is all about going slightly thicker in these areas you went lighter within the first time and filling in any spots you missed. It’s the identical course of as making use of the primary coat, however TYPICALLY on the finish you don’t must sand it. It is because you normally solely want two coats and a high coat. Nonetheless, I used to be all prepared to use the topcoat after I realized I used to be nonetheless seeing brush strokes coming by from the primer. So I made a decision to do a 3rd coat to hopefully eliminate these strokes and it labored! I simply went a smidge thicker in these areas I wanted to cowl extra.

THE TOP COAT

As soon as it’s all dry its time to use the highest coat! And it’s utilized the identical approach because the Roman Clay, with putty knives! You’ll be capable of inform, however it’s loads simpler to clean out all of the ridges of the highest coat together with your putty knife so there’s no must sand it down once you’re accomplished. To complete off the trim I used a black foam brush to use it. And that’s it!

I do wish to notice that technically this isn’t made to be used above a range. Nonetheless after checking with the professionals at Portola, they stated it is going to be nice so long as I do a high coat and wipe it down after cooking.

I completely love how this turned out! I’ve talked about earlier than how we’re taking extra time with our kitchen to make it the whole lot we may ever need and extra and I can’t stress sufficient how a lot this hood matches the imaginative and prescient. The Roman Clay was the right alternative. I like these items since you don’t must be excellent with it, it’ll all the time look distinctive and delightful. And that’s precisely how we really feel about it within the different areas of our dwelling too!

Now I simply want to determine what to do with the wall – I’m really leaning in direction of roman clay-ing that too, keep tuned!