Distressed Chalk Paint Table Top

And i shared my tips and tricks with you all in the ever popular post the beginner s guide to annie sloan chalk paint.

Distressed chalk paint table top.

This is called wet distressing because you used water to create the distressed look to your painted furniture. The trick to creating a durable chalk paint finish on a table top is a good top coat. 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. This technique works great for chalk based or mineral based paints.

For today s post i m excited to finally share our rustoleum chalk paint dining table makeover and chalk paint table tutorial. In my opinion wax does well for sealing chalk paint which is it s sole purpose but not necessarily for repelling water or holding up to high traffic. What a huge improvement. After a few rubs you will see that the paint has been removed.

This is a fun diy project i completed last fall season and i wanted to put together a full post with tips on how to use chalk paint and my diy chalk paint table experience in the hopes that it would help others. When you distress painted furniture you want to keep in mind the natural wear and tear of a piece and work with that in mind. Creating a distressed look. 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.

And we haven t even begun to distress the paint yet. Finally apply a coat of clear chalk paint wax this will seal and protect this piece. And i got to experience the magic of working with chalk paint by annie sloan for myself when i transformed our hot drinks station table into a bright and beautiful provence painted wonder. Begin to rub the section of paint with the damp shop towel.

I only have two more sets of pieces to make over in my fall haul and today i am tackling one of them. Click here to pin this post for later. How to distress painted wood. I used a very rough grit sandpaper 80 with a medium to light touch and went to work sanding off the white chalk paint layer on the parts of the table i thought would wear naturally with age like the corners of the legs and top.

Using annie sloan sanding pads annie removed the top coat of paint to reveal the colour beneath. I said before i wasn t going to use wax. 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. Plus i m sharing a tip that will give you a fantastic distressed finish when using chalk paint.

Today i m sharing how to distress painted wood furniture for that chic worn look. I found these mirrors at the goodwill by our old house that has since closed its. These mirrors that have been living with us since our last house are today s project.