How To Paint Furniture To Look Distressed
How to paint furniture then distress it to give your furniture that antique finish.
How to paint furniture to look distressed. Go ahead and wrap your sandpaper around a sanding block to make it easier to grip and hold. To get this DIY White and Grey Distressed Chalk Paint look on already stained furniture clean the furniture with TSP to clean and degrease it. Typically I like to distress furniture with 220 grit sandpaper.
We recommend letting the first coat dry for at least 24 hours when you are using the wet-distressing technique. Patch with wood filler if needed and sand rough areas smooth with 150-grit sandpaper. This distresses the paint away in the areas where it would naturally wear over time.
Heres how to to layer paint colors on furniture for a distressed look. Apply one coat of paint to your piece. Mix in water 1 teaspoon at a time until paint is thin like a wash but not so thin that it bubbles when you apply it.
Adding marks to a table surface or furniture legs can make it seem older than what it actually is. Not so obvious from the photo is the extent of prep work required on this piece. 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.
How to Get this Distressed Paint Look on Stained Furniture. This vintage tall dresser is solid wood with 5 drawers and great details and cane doors. Here is our list of 8 easy painting techniques to distress wood and furniture.
Cover the work area floor with newspaper and then set the furniture on top. Paint 2 coats of paint over the entire piece I obviously left the top unpainted but that was just my choice. Henry says to consider the wet distressing method.