Distressing Furniture With Latex Paint And Stain

A shop vac or vacuum.

Distressing furniture with latex paint and stain. Once you have paint over the Vaseline let it dry completely then lightly sand over the areas. 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. For the color look.

This will go over your first coat of paint to help with the layered distressed look. To distress the finish and make the painted surface look more naturally weathered take the sander back to the surface of the furniture when the paint has dried. Painted furniture makeovers are super easy with latex paint.

Make sure that your first coat of paint is properly cured so that it wont come off when you distress it. Clean the painted furniture first. Paint your furniture.

This method works with any paint type but harder paints like mineral paints and latex are harder to remove. In this example I painted a stool and a step stool. I can give you 11 really good reasons why you should paint furniture with latex paint also known as water based paint.

Can you distress furniture with regular paint. After the paint dries rub the steel wool over the areas youve waxed. Apply one coat of paint to your piece.

Use the color of the raw wood as your base color then paint over it. Stain the raw wood paint over that then sand down some areas to reveal the stain. Latex can ball up so be gentle and use a medium grit like 120.