With chalk paint by annie sloan step 1.
Tutorial on distressing furniture with chalk paint.
Though with the growth of my blog and more pertinently the emergence of my little family came the gradual demise of my blossoming furniture business.
After a few rubs you will see that the paint has been removed.
Annie shows you how to create a two colour distress using her signature technique and two colours from the chalk paint palette.
Annie sloan developed her un.
This technique works great for chalk based or mineral based paints.
Find wood furniture with good bones if you don t already a piece of wood furniture in mind for your project.
Thinking closet veterans may remember a certain black distressed table.
You want to make sure you buy the right materials.
Light satin varnish is used with a project that is going to see a lot of use such as a table.
It is very easy to follow.
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.
Make a plan this step is so important and often overlooked.
Which is why i was excited to learn about annie sloan s made it my own campaign.
Choose your next victim furniture piece.
Creating a distressed look.
You would go through the regular process of applying chalk paint distressing if desired and wiping down with a clean cloth.
The great thing about chalk paint is that there isn t a huge learning curve or a lot of prep work.
Then you would go ahead and seal it with the varnish at this point.
Easy affordable diy tutorial that shows you how to use annie sloan s chalk paint and a little distressing to update a dated wooden dining table.
This is called wet distressing because you used water to create the distressed look to your painted furniture.
Diy chalk paint furniture tutorial for beginners step 1.
Begin to rub the section of paint with the damp shop towel.
You can just dive right in.