Chalk Painting Dark Wood Furniture

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Chalk painting dark wood furniture. Coat 1 chalk paint coat 2 chalk paint waxing process at least 30 minutes cure time 4 weeks at least. You can just dive right in. 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. The great thing about chalk paint is that there isn t a huge learning curve or a lot of prep work.
1 cup latex paint matte finish in desired color start with 2 tablespoons of water and mix it into the calcium carbonate until completely dissolved. Once you ve prepared your furniture apply 2 or 3 coats of your chalk paint with a brush waiting 30 minutes for each coat to dry. After you ve achieved the color you want apply a couple of coats of finishing wax to seal the paint waiting 15 minutes between coats. From past experience in working with dark furniture and painting it a light color i knew bleed through would be a possibility and it was.
Well technically annie sloan has locked down the actual phrase chalk paint but there is a wide variety of different chalk style type furniture paint brands. Here is my short list of do s and don ts for painting furniture with chalk paint. Here is a break down of the cost and process for chalk painting furniture and also my process typical process for using chalk paint for furniture. Generally you really have no to minimal prep work when using annie sloan which i love.
If it s too thick add another tablespoon of water you re going for the consistency of ranch dressing and then stir the mixture into the latex paint. Pin this resource page. With that said annie sloan paint is the only brand that is legally allowed to use the term chalk paint due to her trademarking it.