How To Make A Paint Glaze For Furniture
If you experience cracking in the glaze add more paint to your glaze.
How to make a paint glaze for furniture. Its tempting to get globby to more efficiently cover the surface but remember youre going to be wiping off 90 of all the glaze so that could potentially get messy with your damp rag. Use steel wool for oil-based glazes and nylon abrasive pads for water-based glazes. You can vary the glaze paint colors as desired.
Im passionate about furniture painting photography writing and thrift home decor. This one glaze can give many different looks depending on the type of paint you use for the base coat. Mix the glaze to the desired transparency.
Pour mixture into a small painters bucket. Test it on a scrap piece of wood or a. Browse through over 200 DIY Furniture Painting Tutorials where youll find inspiration for your home DIY projects.
Apply a thin layer and allow it to dry. This creates an effect in the cracks and corners of your piece giving your furniture character and depth. For this piece we decided to use Graphite.
If painting on canvas experiment with this mixture on scrap before applying it to the painting. Dip a 2 in 51 cm paintbrush into your glaze and brush it onto the project. You want more glaze than you do paint.
When applying the glaze be sure to really push it into all the nooks and crannies and anywhere else wear and tear would naturally occur. To view the next video in this series click. For this piece we added white mineral paint to the glaze.

