Go ahead and wrap your sandpaper around a sanding block to make it easier to grip and hold.
Distressing chalk painted table.
For another tutorial on distressing painted wood make sure to check out how to distress painted wood furniture.
Sealing distressed painted furniture.
I use only two tools when distressing furniture painted in chalk paint.
You want this coat to be quite thick and our brushes hold lots of paint to help with that.
Leave for 30 minutes to dry.
One of the easiest ways to mess up when it comes to furniture distressing is using the wrong tools.
Go over the edges and corners.
Annie shows you how to create a two colour distress using her signature technique and two colours from the chalk paint palette annie sloan developed her uni.
Foam sanding block that is a medium or 80 grit.
I have found that with latex paints the latex becomes rubbery and really does not wet distress well.
Dust off sandy pieces and you are done.
Hope this tip can help you in your furniture painting.
Easy affordable diy tutorial that shows you how to use annie sloan s chalk paint and a little distressing to update a dated wooden dining table.
Once all of your distressing is complete you must still seal your piece of distressed painted furniture.
When you distress painted wood with sandpaper you will want to gently apply pressure with your sandpaper block on the edges of the painted surface.
Once dried apply the second coating.
I go over both dry and wet dist.
Fine foam sanding pads that are 220 grit.
This technique works great for chalk based or mineral based paints.
Step by step guide to the two colour distressed paint effect.
This distressed painted dresser will be getting a very subtle glaze for a worn and antiqued finish.
Typically i like to distress furniture with 220 grit sandpaper.
This is called wet distressing because you used water to create the distressed look to your painted furniture.
Make sure you have the right tools to properly distress furniture.
Once your base colour is dry use a clean chalk paint brush to apply the second colour.
Pick the color of the chalk paint and with the use of chalk paintbrush apply it to the furniture.
However i tried both methods with this project waxed first on the table distressed first on the chairs and i much preferred to distress first then wax.
The antiquing glaze over white sometimes adds a slightly grungy aged feeling.
Annie sloan herself recommends applying at least one layer of wax first before distressing because the paint is very chalky and can produce a lot of dust when sanding.
Distress the furniture using sandpaper.