How To Do Distressed Painting On Furniture
Next dry the surface with a clean cloth and apply a coat of chalk paint which has a matte finish and scrapes off easily.
How to do distressed painting on furniture. After the paint dries rub the steel wool over the areas youve waxed. Distressing the furniture with a sanding block or sandpaper. For a distressed look that is more dramatic and will go through the Furniture Paint and various layers underneath this works best on real wood pieces not laminate use a lower grit sandpaper like 120 or lower.
If you want to keep the distressing subtle and focus on only taking off the paint grab a higher grit sandpaper like 220 or higher. A big thank you to our friends at Decoart for sending their gorgeous paints for our projects. How to paint furniture then distress it to give your furniture that antique finish.
This vintage tall dresser is solid wood with 5 drawers and great details and cane doors. The primer will also protect the furniture. Take the darkest of your 2 paint colors and use a paintbrush to apply a very thin layer onto the furniture.
This furniture painting video shows the furniture makeover a dresser and tallboy furniture makeover using a dry brushing painting technique. The steel wool wont harm the rest of the paint enough to worry about remember the piece is meant to be distressed so use it to find the waxed areas Wipe off the piece with the tack cloth. Refinishing and painting furniture tips and techniques.
For a dry distressed look you can use tools such as wire brushes sandpaper files or even chains and hammers to mimic the appearance of years of rubbing and impact damage she says. Here is our list of 8 easy painting techniques to distress wood and furniture. In short to get a naturally weathered painted surface with the wet distress method you take a damp cloth and gently rub back your recently dried chalk paint.
Creating a distressed look. Then follow up with a clean damp cloth and give a rinse wipe down to remove any residue. Sanding technique Candle technique Wet paper technique Dry brush technique Scraper technique Rinsing technique Wood block technique and Pouring paint technique.