Distressed Painted Furniture
I have found that with latex paints the latex becomes rubbery and really does not wet distress well.
Distressed painted furniture. Follow our step by step instructions for painting and distressing wood furniture for an aged over time look. If you aren t confident that you thoroughly. Hand painted dresser vintage dresser shabby chic furniture distressed furniture gray dresser oak dresser functional art merakihomedesign from shop merakihomedesign.
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. You want your distressed painted furniture to look as natural as possible. However oil based paints are known for their durability and oftentimes the go to option for wood trim and cabinetry.
Hope this tip can help you in your furniture painting. 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. This vintage tall dresser is solid wood with 5 drawers and great details and cane doors.
We ll also give you some ideas of which other tools you could try. Distressing furniture accessories how to painting and finishing refinishing in our grandmothers day if a piece of furniture or a picture frame was distressed it meant it had been around for generations and most of the paint had worn off in areas that had been rubbed by hands or nicked by being moved too many times. If you want the piece to look like it s been painted before you ll want to buy two colors of paint so the base color shows through when the top player is distressed.
Grab the same yellow sponge applicator that you used to apply the glaze. This is called wet distressing because you used water to create the distressed look to your painted furniture. With emphasis on the edges of the furniture use the sander to gently remove some of the paint and primer allowing the underlying wood to show through.
This technique works great for chalk based or mineral based paints. Sealing your distressed painted wood. Make sure like any painted furniture project including when you distress painted wood that you seal the paint.