Clean the furniture with warm soapy water.
Distressing furniture with valspar chalk paint.
1 cup latex paint 1 3 cup plaster of paris 1 3 cup warm water.
This is the ratio i used to make my own chalkpaint for painting and distressing furniture.
However i have a bit of a problem.
Creating a distressed look.
Though your anxiety will quickly vanish when you see how easy it is to work with this paint.
If this is your first chalk paint project and you re feeling anxious you can start with a side of the furniture that won t get as much air time like the back legs of a table.
When you sand chalk paint you don t have to sand the entire piece of furniture.
When i had wiped everything down it was time to get painting and distressing furniture.
You want to make sure you clean it well so that the paint will adhere to the wood.
I used a minwax poly for the top coat it s a kitchen table and the brush marks of the top coat are so noticeable.
Sand your furniture to even out the surface.
After a few rubs you will see that the paint has been removed.
This is called wet distressing because you used water to create the distressed look to your painted furniture.
This technique works great for chalk based or mineral based paints.
Naturally patinas and distresses over time.
I was deciding between chalk paint and furniture paint and went with the furniture paint based on this post.
Maintains beautiful chalky matte finish.
This step is very important.
Begin to rub the section of paint with the damp shop towel.