Distressed Furniture Painting Tutorial
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Distressed furniture painting tutorial. To get you started we ll go over a few popular tools methods in detail. We chose latex paint for its ease of use. 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. However oil based paints are known for their durability and oftentimes the go to option for wood trim and cabinetry.
Sanding technique candle technique wet paper technique dry brush technique scraper technique rinsing technique wood block technique and pouring paint technique. Your tutorial here is very well put together though and is making me want to venture into the world of chalk paint. Once the piece is fully dry you can begin to remove some of the paint and distress the piece with steel wool and sandpaper. Paint over the base coat and the wax.
When painting furniture one of the most popular furniture painting techniques is distressing. See how to distress painted furniture. Learn distressed furniture painting techniques and learn the easy furniture painting technique of distressing chalk paint to give your painted furniture that worn look. I am apparently super late to the thrill of using chalk paint on furniture.
I have done distressing before but using latex paints. There are a lot of different ways to distress your piece of furniture and everyone has their preference. We ll also give you some ideas of which other tools you could try. The steel wool won t 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.
Follow our step by step instructions for painting and distressing wood furniture for an aged over time look. A big thank you to our friends at decoart for sending their gorgeous paints for our projects. With emphasis on the edges of the furniture use the sander to gently remove some of the paint and primer allowing the underlying wood to show through. The 3 most popular techniques to distress your beautiful piece of f.
Once you have your wood furniture and paint colors it s time to get started. If you re looking for an affordable way to give a piece of wood furniture a beautiful patina you might want to consider distressing its finish. Here is our list of 8 easy painting techniques to distress wood and furniture. If you painted two coats use the steel wool to go over the waxed areas.