Wall painting?

Question

What is the difference with "sponge off" and "sponge on"? I was on Benjaman Moore site and those were two if the finishes.

Answer 1

ponging On and Sponging Off.

As the names imply, one involves applying the glaze to the walls with the sponge, while the other involves applying the glaze to the surface with a roller and removing the desired amount with the sponge.

Sponging On gives the wall a more porous, mottled appearance.

Sponging Off results in a more subtle, textured surface.

Answer 2

With a sponge off technique, you paint a base coat in small 4 x 4 areas on the wall, take a damp sponge with no paint on it and remove paint from the base coated area.

A sponge on application can be done a couple of ways.  You can paint a base coat, let it dry, then load a sponge (removing the excess) with another color and sponging that color on over the base coat.  Or you can simply sponge on as many colors as you like letting each one dry in between coats building color one sponge load at a time until the wall is covered.