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.
Chalk paint distressed dresser.
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How to distress your furniture with chalk paint.
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Learn distressed furniture painting techniques and learn the easy furniture painting technique of distressing chalk paint to give your painted furniture that worn look.
Are you interested in how to distress painted wood or more specifically how to distress white painted wood to achieve that farmhouse finish that we all love.
There are in fact multiple techniques for distressing painted furniture one furniture painting technique that you may have heard of is wet distressing.
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Things to consider when choosing the proper space.
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I am thinking of painting it with chalk paint.
Others may prefer to distress furniture with paint.
We ll also give you some ideas of which other tools you could try.
Choose and prepare an ideal workspace.
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.
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You have such a great eye for transforming old furniture to new and exciting pieces.
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The 3 most popular techniques to distress your beautiful piece of f.
Annie shows you how to create a two colour distress using her signature technique and two colours from the chalk paint palette.
This will take your painted furniture to the next level and provide an authentic distressed look to your painted furniture.
Experts recommend working at room temperature after having painted furniture both outside and inside i much prefer working indoors not only can you better control temperature by setting the air but you have less chance of insects or dust landing on your piece while paint is.
Finally apply a coat of clear chalk paint wax this will seal and protect this piece.
The great thing about chalk paint is that there isn t a huge learning curve or a lot of prep work.
Using annie sloan sanding pads annie removed the top coat of paint to reveal the colour beneath.
There are a lot of different ways to distress your piece of furniture and everyone has their preference.