The wax adds a very smooth buttery finish to your black dresser. Continue rubbing or buffing your wax until the surface is smooth and no longer tacky. Take your wax brush and wax and rub wax on 8-10″ at a time in a circular motion. Step 4: Wax the black chalk paint dresser I think in the end she loved it even more because of the distressing. I have found if you like the look of distressed furniture, you will probably like the piece as much if not better with the distressing.īrittney decided to take a risk and distress her dresser. You may feel confused about whether or not you should distress your newly painted piece of furniture or leave it un-distressed. Tip: After you paint a piece of furniture it is counter intuitive to take sand paper to the new coat of paint. I have felt that many times with freshly painted furniture, but usually the distressing just makes me love it more! Distressing on the legs and curves adds beautiful character to the piece.Īlthough Brittney planned to distressed this dresser when she saw the fresh coat of black paint she was hesitant to take sand paper to it. The corners of the dresser, the legs, edges, and any decorative pieces are good candidates for distressing. I did a whole post on distressing your furniture, but in general use 100 grit sandpaper and sand areas that would naturally get wear and tear. Once you have sanded the larger surface areas of the dresser you may also want to distress your dresser to give it an antiquated look. Step 3: Distress the black chalk paint furniture (optional) Sand off any rough spots and wipe with a rag. After you have painted your entire dresser black you can lightly sand the dresser with a fine grit (220) sandpaper. This step is optional, but somewhat recommended. Step 2 (Optional): Lightly sand furniture I recommend using a natural bristle brush or a short cut Wooster brush. Tip: A lot of people ask if there is a certain type of brush to use with chalk painting. I usually wait 1-2 hours in between coats. But if not painting in direct sunlight (which probably is not recommended), wait until your paint is dry to touch before doing the next coat of paint. I actually have never seen anything like it. We painted this black dresser on a very sunny day. You will cover it more thoroughly with the second coat.
Otherwise don’t worry if there are small areas of the wood still showing through with the first coat. Try not to leave big brush strokes or big paint drips while brushing. Take your bristle brush and do even strokes across the grain of your furniture.
CHALK PAINTED FURNITURE HOW TO
Here’s how to paint furniture with black chalk paint: Step 1: Apply 1-3 coats of black chalk paintĪfter your dresser has been prepped it’s time to start painting! The beauty of chalk paint is that it is super easy to use with the right tools. Supplies need to chalk paint the dresser: This post contains affiliate links for your convenience, which means if you purchase an item through a link I receive a small commission with no extra charge to you.
I listed all the supplies needed last week but I will list them here again for your convenience. Well fortunately it is! And if you have the right tools it is as easy as can be. “I didn’t realize how easy chalk paint is to use.” Well, my neighbor Brittney commented several times during the makeover.
Remember, I said using chalk paint is so easy. Once we did all the prep on the piece, which is very little with chalk paint, we were ready to get painting the dresser black! How to Paint Furniture with Black Chalk Paint The dresser turned out beautifully! And the distressing was the perfect touch. So today I wanted to share with you exactly how to paint furniture with black chalk paint. Last week I posted about the vintage dresser my neighbor and I started preparing for its black distressed dresser makeover. Black chalk paint is easy to use and is very durable. This step by step tutorial will show you how to prepare, paint, distress, wax and seal furniture with black chalk paint. Read about how to paint furniture with black chalk paint.
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