How To Make Distressed Painted Furniture

Take the darkest of your 2 paint colors and use a paintbrush to apply a very thin layer onto the furniture.

How to make distressed painted furniture. The more varied the better. In this example I painted a stool and a step stool. Typically I like to distress furniture with 220 grit sandpaper.

Let it dry completely. A great way to add texture is to make marks in the wood with just about any hard instrument you have on hand. As mentioned in the video above when I distress painted furniture I also like to sand the entire flat surface using 320 grit sandpaper to create a smooth finish.

After the paint dries rub the steel wool over the areas youve waxed. This method works with any paint type but harder paints like mineral paints and latex are harder to remove. If you want the piece to look like its been painted before youll want to buy two colors of paint so the base color shows through when the top player is distressed.

Dip the end of your brush into the paint and apply a thin layer to your metal furniture. The steel wool wont harm the rest of the paint enough to worry about remember the piece is meant to be distressed so use it to find the waxed areas. Rub steel wool over the edges and corners of the painted surfaces of the furniture to achieve the chipped-edge look.

Step 1 The first coat. Here are the supplies I used to wet distress this farmhouse desk. Sanding technique Candle technique Wet paper technique Dry brush technique Scraper technique Rinsing technique Wood block technique and Pouring paint technique.

Henry says to consider the wet distressing method. Make sure that your first coat of paint is properly cured so that it wont come off when you distress it. Creating a distressed look.