How To Paint Furniture To Look Distressed
After the first coat of paint has dried you can experiment with a different color for the second coat.
How to paint furniture to look distressed. Choose a contrasting paint color if your furniture is a light stain then choose a dark paint. How to Get this Distressed Paint Look on Stained Furniture. Wet distressing allows the water to slightly soften the paint so you can then slowly wipe it away.
If its a dark stain choose a lighter paint. Lightly tap your furniture with the end of a chisel or hammer to make indents in the surface. The customer is requesting a white distressed painted furniture makeover with a subtle glaze to give that worn aged look.
This vintage tall dresser is solid wood with 5 drawers and great details and cane doors. Cover the work area floor with newspaper and then set the furniture on top. Re-sand the Furniture 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.
Place a small amount of your lighter shade of paint in a container. Paint 2 coats of paint over the entire piece I obviously left the top unpainted but that was just my choice. This can mean applying several coats of varying shades of paint and then breaking through the layers to expose the under-layers by either scrubbing with a scouring pad or for a more subtle effect using wet sanding paper to lightly break through she says.
To get this DIY White and Grey Distressed Chalk Paint look on already stained furniture clean the furniture with TSP to clean and degrease it. Typically I like to distress furniture with 220 grit sandpaper. This will go over your first coat of paint to help with the layered distressed look.
Mix in water 1 teaspoon at a time until paint is thin like a wash but not so thin that it bubbles when you apply it. Heres how to to layer paint colors on furniture for a distressed look. Patch with wood filler if needed and sand rough areas smooth with 150-grit sandpaper.

