When you sand chalk paint you don t have to sand the entire piece of furniture.
Distressing furniture with valspar chalk paint.
This is the ratio i used to make my own chalkpaint for painting and distressing furniture.
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.
This is called wet distressing because you used water to create the distressed look to your painted furniture.
1 cup latex paint 1 3 cup plaster of paris 1 3 cup warm water.
However adding no protection means your piece is vulnerable to the elements wear and tear and natural distressing.
Creating a distressed look.
I was deciding between chalk paint and furniture paint and went with the furniture paint based on this post.
Clean the furniture with warm soapy water.
This step is very important.
When i had wiped everything down it was time to get painting and distressing furniture.
Though your anxiety will quickly vanish when you see how easy it is to work with this paint.
Choose your distress technique.
Naturally patinas and distresses over time.
After a few rubs you will see that the paint has been removed.
However i have a bit of a problem.
Begin to rub the section of paint with the damp shop towel.
Sand your furniture to even out the surface.
Maintains beautiful chalky matte finish.
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.