Using annie sloan sanding pads annie removed the top coat of paint to reveal the colour beneath.
Distressing furniture with chalk paint.
One of the easiest ways to mess up when it comes to furniture distressing is using the wrong tools.
Make sure you have the right tools to properly distress furniture.
Finally apply a coat of clear chalk paint wax this will seal and protect this piece.
This technique works great for chalk based or mineral based paints.
Fine foam sanding pads that are 220 grit.
Thank yall so much for stopping by.
I have found that with latex paints the latex becomes rubbery and really does not wet distress well.
I am apparently super late to the thrill of using chalk paint on furniture.
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.
I hope this video is helpful.
Your tutorial here is very well put together though and is making me want to venture into the world of chalk paint.
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 have done distressing before but using latex paints.
You can just dive right in.
The great thing about chalk paint is that there isn t a huge learning curve or a lot of prep work.
This is called wet distressing because you used water to create the distressed look to your painted furniture.
The 3 most popular techniques to distress your beautiful piece of f.
When painting furniture one of the most popular furniture painting techniques is distressing.
I know it s a bit rough i am still learning so please be kind.
I use only two tools when distressing furniture painted in chalk paint.
We ll also give you some ideas of which other tools you could try.
Foam sanding block that is a medium or 80 grit.
To get you started we ll go over a few popular tools methods in detail.