I really recommend using chalk paint when distressing.
Chalk paint grey distressed dresser.
How to distress your furniture with chalk paint.
Start with a coarse pad and move down to medium and then fine depending on the furniture you re painting and how distressed you want your paint work.
This vintage tall dresser is solid wood with 5 drawers and great details and cane doors.
This is not recommended as a first time project because of all the.
Using annie sloan sanding pads annie removed the top coat of paint to reveal the colour beneath.
Because the natural wood that s left has a lovely reddish color the paint color chosen is a darker blue when distressed later the red will come through in places making a nice contrast.
The customer is requesting a white distressed painted furniture makeover with a subtle glaze to give that worn aged look.
Yes you could choose to strip the finish and restain the wood but that s much more hassle than using chalk paint.
Annie shows you how to create a two colour distress using her signature technique and two colours from the chalk paint palette.
Then once you see the gray coming through add a small amount of wax to your steel wool and go over the distressed area again.
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Finally apply a coat of clear chalk paint wax this will seal and protect this piece.
It dries harder and faster than latex paint.
After applying a full layer of the off white amy howard chalk paint color linen i applied 2 layers of amy howard chalk paint color selznick grey.
There are a lot of different ways to distress your piece of furniture and everyone has their preference.
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I used amy howard s selznick grey chalk paint.
This week we are going to use all the techniques we have learned in the past all at once.
Annie sloan developed her un.
That will knock off your first layer of paint.
Then you need two layers of a medium grey.
The 3 most popular techniques to distress your beautiful piece of f.
This will make it look shiny and smooth.
To get you started we ll go over a few popular tools methods in detail.
The number one tool to get proven results.
However between the money saved on primers and considering how far the paint will go it s worth it i m o.