Chippy Paint Furniture
How To Fake Antique Chippy Paint With Vaseline.
Chippy paint furniture. But this is the basic process for creating a chippy paint finish. Chippy painted furniture has become a classic for farmhouse and cottage style. If you missed the prep paint and distressing steps for this particular piece of furniture or want to catch up on any posts from my introduction to furniture painting series you can find all the past posts HERE.
Chippy paint is a way of layering paint for a distressed look. So this hutch started out sad and tired. Crackle painting is great for that look too.
Its a more authentic faux -aging process compared to using sandpaper to distress. I have spent hours examining antique and reproduction paint finishes wondering why and how the paint decided to chip off and crackle in certain spots wondering what I could do to create the same finish on my own DIY furniture. How to create the antique chippy paint look with milk paint.
However if you want to pick up an authentic piece of chippy furniture that has aged over the years it can be pricey. For as long as I can remember Ive always wanted to know the secret to an authentic Old World Distressed Chippy Paint Finish. The goal of the chippy paint technique is to mimic the natural wear and tear of a painted piece of furniture abandoned and exposed to natural elements as seen below.
Sweet Pickins makes milk paint which is a paint made from only six ingredients including milk protein and all-natural limestone. Last week I shared with you the tips and tricks to distressing chippy furniture. Milk paint is non-toxic and has no volatile organic compounds VOCs.
If youre refinishing metal like my mirror and you dont have much time try this quick DIY for a chippy vintage vibe in only a few minutes. Use the scraper to get more paint off where you want to age the furniture piece with a chippy paint finish. Ready to upcycle an old piece of furniture into a chippy furniture DIY farmhouse beauty.

