How To Make Distressed Painted Furniture

Henry says to consider the wet distressing method.

How to make distressed painted furniture. If you want the piece to look like its been painted before youll want to buy two colors of paint so the base color shows through when the top player is distressed. In this example I painted a stool and a step stool. The more varied the better.

Step 1 The first coat. Creating a distressed look. Sanding technique Candle technique Wet paper technique Dry brush technique Scraper technique Rinsing technique Wood block technique and Pouring paint technique.

Make sure that your first coat of paint is properly cured so that it wont come off when you distress it. Here is our list of 8 easy painting techniques to distress wood and furniture. Go ahead and wrap your sandpaper around a sanding block to make it easier to grip and hold.

Latex can ball up so be gentle and use a medium grit like 120. Work from the top of the piece down toward the bottom until its entirely covered in paint. For another tutorial on distressing painted wood make sure to check out How to Distress Painted Wood Furniture.

Apply a layer of paste wax over. After the paint dries rub the steel wool over the areas youve waxed. This is Called wet distressing because you used water to create the distressed look to your painted furniture.

Here are the supplies I used to wet distress this farmhouse desk. Re-sand the Furniture To distress the finish and make the painted surface look more naturally weathered take the sander back to the surface of the furniture when the paint has dried. Threading from large screws leave an evenly spaced pattern.