But one of the problems with distressing furniture with sandpaper is that it is hard to control.
Distressed red chalk paint furniture.
I have done distressing before but using latex paints.
We ll also give you some ideas of which other tools you could try.
Now that the table is painted in a creamy off white with a chocolate base underneath we can move on to distressing chalk paint or chalk type paint.
The 3 most popular techniques to distress your beautiful piece of f.
Chalk paint can be used to paint almost anything walls kitchen cabinets metal wood and even fabric but the most common use is to give new life to old furniture or to make newer pieces look old.
There are a lot of different ways to distress your piece of furniture and everyone has their preference.
To sum it up distressing furniture is done to age your furniture and to make it look older in an authentic way.
Your tutorial here is very well put together though and is making me want to venture into the world of chalk paint.
Annie sloan developed her un.
The great thing about chalk paint is that there isn t a huge learning curve or a lot of prep work.
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Dec 26 2018 i m obsessed.
And we haven t even begun to distress the paint yet.
You can just dive right in.
Going to try one piece.
I found these mirrors at the goodwill by our old house that has since closed its.
Start with a coarse pad and move down to medium and then fine depending on the furniture you re painting and how distressed you want your paint work.
Bed before how to distress furniture.
Using annie sloan sanding pads annie removed the top coat of paint to reveal the colour beneath.
To get you started we ll go over a few popular tools methods in detail.
The most common way of distressing furniture is with sandpaper.
It sounds so much easier to do.
I am apparently super late to the thrill of using chalk paint on furniture.
These mirrors that have been living with us since our last house are today s project.
I only have two more sets of pieces to make over in my fall haul and today i am tackling one of them.
What a huge improvement.
Plus i m sharing a tip that will give you a fantastic distressed finish when using chalk paint.
How to distress painted wood.
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Finally apply a coat of clear chalk paint wax this will seal and protect this piece.
Annie shows you how to create a two colour distress using her signature technique and two colours from the chalk paint palette.
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It is generally pretty quick.