Can You Whitewash Furniture With Chalk Paint

Tips to get whitewashing furniture with chalk paint.

Can you whitewash furniture with chalk paint.

Simply squeeze a small amount of paint onto a paint tray then wet your brush and swirl into your paint. To whitewash with chalk paint spray water on one section at a time. I mixed two colors together after turning both into chalk paint with this recipe behr baja and behr linen white. You sure can sharon.

This technique is the same as the faux stain technique only with white paint instead of dark. You can always add a little more water if you feel you need to depending on the look you re going for. I love the dry weathered look so left them as is once done painting. Coco chalk paint graphite chalk paint pure white chalk paint.

You will need a spray bottle with water white paint i used annie sloan chalk paint in pure white paintbrush and a lint free cloth. After the cleanup pat it dry and sand the entire body of your furniture. For a more even and ghostly look use more water. Anything you want to colour need a good cleaning as a primary step says cheryl with spates painting.

For more contrast such as pictured above use less water. Paint or stain the base color of your choice. Then lightly dip the end of the paintbrush these brushes are my favorite in the white chalk paint and brush over the wet area. Clean and sand it up.

Allow to dry completely unless you want some of it mixing into your wash and dulling the results. The more watered down the paint is the easier it will be to wipe off and the lighter and more sheer it will be. I mixed 2 tbs of linen white with 1 tbs of baja which made a lovely antique y white light cream color. You can use it more heavily in some places than others but the goal is to take off the white paint around the edges and thin it increasingly toward the edges so your brighter under coat peeks though.

With white painted furniture i like to add a little white paint to the sealer so naturally with white wash i am adding white was glaze to the sealer. And for the sake of being consistent i prefer to use a chalky paint white wash over a my chalk paint but you don t have to. Yes we do need to seal out whitewashed furniture. This will reveal the underlying grain.

Similarly to when we are painting furniture white i am breaking out the white wash glaze to add to my clear sealer. Get it pretty wet. Start by mixing 1 part water to 6 parts of white paint. When you have the amount of distressing you want wipe the wood down with a damp cloth to remove the dust from the sanding and let it dry.

You don t have to use chalk paint any similar colors will work. You should remove all the dirt oil grease and so. Stain may still mix a bit into chalk paint but you will get an antiqued look. You can use tsp and warm water for better results.