Distressed Furniture Painting Techniques
Distressed wood furniture is perfect for rooms decorated with a rustic cottage or farmhouse style.
Distressed furniture painting techniques. How to distress paint with vaseline save. Distressing is the process of manipulating furniture to appear older or to have been more heavily used says jane henry of jane henry studios a full service antique conservation and restoration shop based in new york city. Choose and prepare an ideal workspace.
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. If you re looking for an affordable way to give a piece of wood furniture a beautiful patina you might want to consider distressing its finish. To get you started we ll go over a few popular tools methods in detail.
How to spray paint furniture the pros to spray paint is that there is hardly any clean up it will stick to nearly anything and the dry time is much faster than latex paint. In this instructable i show you how to distress painted wood furniture using 2 distressing techniques i built 2 identical console tables using scrap 2x4s and 2x6s for some friends. Distressed furniture painting techniques using the same techniques that i used on the above pictured end table i dry brushed on some turquoise acrylic paint and wiped it around.
If below the distressed areas you d like to see an old paint color as if the piece has been painted many times over you ll need to paint two colors. If you want the rubbed off areas to reveal bare wood the technique requires only one coat. It can be used on an entire piece or simply to highlight your paint s texture grooves and decorative moldings.
Distress paint with vinegar learn how to create the perfect distressed look from this vinegar and rag technique. And then i dry brushed on some brown glaze and wiped the majority of it off. This distressing technique will immediately create depth and make your new paint job look old.
Create distressed wood look with dry brush painting technique. Seriously it will add years. There are a lot of different ways to distress your piece of furniture and everyone has their preference.