How To Paint And Distress Furniture
Let it dry completely.
How to paint and distress furniture. Distressing Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. Apply the first coat of paint to the distressed wood. After a few rubs you will see that the paint has been removed.
Make sure that your first coat of paint is properly cured so that it wont come off when you distress it. Sanding technique Candle technique Wet paper technique Dry brush technique Scraper technique Rinsing technique Wood block technique and Pouring paint technique. Tutorial of How to Distress Painted Furniture.
If you painted two coats use the steel wool to go over the waxed areas. 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 Wipe off the piece with the tack cloth. 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.
How to Distress Paint with Vaseline. Once you have paint over the Vaseline let it dry completely then lightly sand over the areas. Henry says to consider the wet distressing method.
Here is a good post that demonstrates this technique. Next dry the surface with a clean cloth and apply a coat of chalk paint which has a matte finish and scrapes off easily. You will need to have a base coat in either a contrasting color or stain.
Once the base color is dry get a clean paintbrush to apply the second color. When painting furniture one of the most popular furniture painting techniques is distressing. For the color look.

