Preparation
Wooden furniture may have been treated with paint or varnish, and dirt and grease may have accumulated over the years. Before applying your paint, you must properly prepare the surface. You can also:
Paint
Wood Primer should only be used on bare wood furniture. If your furniture has been previously painted or varnished, use a multi-surface primer. For the decorative coat, look for paints labeled “wood and metal” such as gloss, satin and eggshell. If the piece has fine details such as doors, start with these.
Cover the surface with paint and then use the brush to extend it uniformly. Brush the paint left and right, followed by up and down movements to ensure uniform coverage. Let it out and repeat the operation to add another coat.
Step 1: sandpaper if necessary.
If your piece has 100 years of dirt and deep scratches, you will have to sand it. To achieve a smooth finish, I use a progression of sandpaper grains from 60, 120 to 220. The lower the number on the sandpaper, the thicker the grain. Your goal here is to achieve a smooth surface.
Step 2: Clean with tsp.
Then I cleaned it with TSP which degreases and cleans the wood furniture. It’s important to wear gloves, and I like to wear a respirator when working with chemicals. You’ll be surprised how much dirt comes off your furniture! I only use paper towels to make cleaning easy.
Step 3: apply your paint.
Choosing the right paint for your project is a matter of personal preference. When painting furniture, you usually work with lime finish paints and oil or enamel based paints.
Use a small foam roller for flat furniture surfaces and a 2-inch brush for the rest. When painting, try not to roll or brush an area too much. I used two coats of paint and waited approximately 12 hours between each coat. Your furniture is now painted.
Step 1: Choose your enamel or paint
Step 2: Prepare Surfaces
Step 3: Paint a base color
Step 4: Apply Glaze
Step 5: Apply polyurethane.
Step 6: Cleaning
Place your piece on a sandpaper cloth and lightly sand the wood to create a rough surface. Apply different levels of pressure when sanding; this makes the wood absorb more paint in some areas. Clean with a cloth or rag.
Apply white base paint
Using your darkest paint shade, apply a first coat to the furniture. Spread the paint thin enough to allow cracks to show through. Let the paint dry for 24 hours.
Washing the paint
Place a small amount of your lighter shade of paint in a container. Mix in water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until the paint is thin as a wash, but not so thin that it bubbles when applied.
Apply the top coat
Apply the wash to the table using a foam brush. While wet, clean some areas with paper towels to achieve an aged look. Let the paint dry for 24 hours.
Relief edges
To create an even older look, lightly sand the edges and corners of the table with fine-grained sandpaper, concentrating on the edges and areas of natural wear to make it look authentic.
1 Choose your painting piece and collect supplies.
Because the remaining natural wood has a beautiful reddish color, the color of the paint chosen is a darker blue (when it wears out later, red will appear in some places, making a nice contrast).
2 Clean the furniture.
You don’t need to remove anything from your furniture, including old paint or old finishes, but you do need to make sure it’s clean and dry. Plain soapy water is the best option.
3 Use the brush to paint your furniture.
Here’s the real beauty of using chalk paint. You don’t have to be careful so that all your brush strokes go in the same direction; you don’t have to make sure the coverage is uniform; you don’t even have to paint all the corners if you don’t want to.
4 Sand lightly to create the perfect look in difficulty.
Make sure you’re using fine-grained sandpaper. The rougher the sandpaper, the deeper the grooves created in the furniture. You’re not trying to sand through the wood, just all the way under that layer of paint.
5 Clean up sanding dust.
Wet one of the towels in the store and wipe all the furniture with a damp towel. You’re trying to collect the dust you generated with the sandpaper.
6 Apply the wax.
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