How Do You Grey Wash Painted Furniture
Mix three parts glazing liquid to one part gray paint in a plastic container.
How do you grey wash painted furniture. 2 Brush on the first coat of wash. Remove some or all of the paint to allow the whitewash to stick. For a paint and water wash create the wash solution by mixing four parts water to one part grey latex paint and apply the solution to the wood with a foam brush following the direction of the grain.
If theres a direction of wood grain on your table top start brushing on the primerpaint combo in that direction. Here you can see where the diluted paint has been applied. Apply the white wash to the wood in long strokes with a paint brush.
See more ideas about gray wash furniture furniture grey wash. I simply prefer to use a cloth because I think it tends to be less messy. Theres no science to this part.
You DO NOT want your paint to dry during this step and a lot of these paints dry quickwhich means you have to work quick. If you want the furniture to be completely white you will have to remove all of the paint with a sander. Wipe off paint mixture after about 30 seconds with a lint-free rag.
I aim for roughly a 11 ratio of water to paint. This will be a light grey-wash. Cleaning sanding priming and painting may be required for a regular latex paint.
Apply the paint by dipping a clean paintbrush into the paint. Here you are staring at a beautifully painted piece that you just put a lot of time and energy into perfecting and youre about to slap some watered-down paint on it and hope that it ends up looking good. But you can play around with whatever consistency you are comfortable with.