However chalk paint can be used for more than decorative walls.
Black chalk paint distressed furniture.
Paint over the base coat and the wax.
See how to distress painted furniture.
The great thing about chalk paint is that there isn t a huge learning curve or a lot of prep work.
When most people hear chalk paint they think of black matte paint covered in chalk drawings.
This will take your painted furniture to the next level and provide an authentic distressed look to your painted furniture.
Not only does it come in every color but it s thickness allows it to be one of the easiest paints to apply to furniture.
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.
For the color look.
I ve tried many different techniques and it still happens.
It could adhere to practically any surface on which it was painted varnish bare wood laminate plastic metal glass it made no difference.
And not only that but chalk paint had the power to free diyers of the dreadful curse of stripping sanding and priming their pieces.
I used annie sloan chalk paint for this project and found the paint layered incredibly well.
When i ve used black chalk paint van gogh and distressed i get shiny areas around the edge where i distressed.
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It was also my first time outside of a small wood board in class using this technique so i wanted the practice.
Diy black chalk finish paint.
A couple of days ago i posted some pictures on my facebook page to show a bedroom set that i painted this summer that i had not yet blogged about.
It also distressed easily.
I wanted to do a two color distressed finish with chalk paint on the base to create some interest.
After the paint dries rub the steel wool over the areas you ve waxed.
The reason i hadn t shown the makeover on the blog was because i didn t have great pictures.
Who says farmhouse style has to be white.
Chalk paint possessed magical powers.
How to distress your furniture with chalk paint.
I ve done wet distressing with a damp cloth sanding with different grades of paper and green scrubbies either wet or dry.
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.