Painting Furniture Black Distressed Look
This technique works great for chalk based or mineral based paints.
Painting furniture black distressed look. If you want the piece to look like it s been painted before you ll want to buy two colors of paint so the base color shows through when the top player is distressed. A big thanks to marian of miss mustard seed linda of q is for quandie mary of orphans with makeup katie of katie co ildiko of restored4u and. The table has the perfect round farmhouse style legs and planked top. For a while now we ve wanted to brighten them up a bit to better match our rustic nautical style.
This is called wet distressing because you used water to create the distressed look to your painted furniture. It s one of my favorite things. Give me about a week and i ll post follow up images of the hybrid process. The steel wool won t 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.
For the color look. This solid wood side table has been brought in by a customer asking for a simple yet classic black distressed furniture makeover. Press mute if you re not one who cares for music wink view this tutorial. However since i m working with a piece made from naked maple and finished oak i bought a can of beige primer to act as the wear areas and a pint of black behr paint for the top coat.
Keep in mind that anything underneath the paint will show through depending on how much you sand. Today i m kicking off the first of the year with this classy rustic black painted nightstand makeover that was painted and distressed without using any sandpaper. This includes primer previous paint jobs and the original surface of the furniture. Begin to rub the section of paint with the damp shop towel.
Along with some of my own restyles i ve included a few beautiful makeovers from super talented furniture painters and blogger friends. This is how i prep painted furniture. Salvaged inspirations painted with dixie belle s caviar today i m sharing my go to black paints. Creating a distressed look.
Farmhouse wooden side table. This natural furniture distressing technique is one of my favorite go to methods to give a piece a naturally aged and worn look. How to achieve a black distressed finish paint furniture here is a wonderful video tutorial detailing how to paint and distress furniture. Choose your next victim furniture piece.
I love a good furniture makeover. After the paint dries rub the steel wool over the areas you ve waxed. After a few rubs you will see that the paint has been removed. Paint over the base coat and the wax.
If you want wood peeking. Like every painted furniture makeover make sure to thoroughly sand and prep your piece. For a weathered or antique look paint your furniture a matte or semi matte black and then buff the corners with fine grit sandpaper.