How To Paint Furniture And Make It Look Distressed
If you want wood peeking.
How to paint furniture and make it look distressed. For a dry distressed look you can use tools such as wire brushes sandpaper files or even chains and hammers to mimic the appearance of years of rubbing and impact damage she says. Place your wood furniture piece on top of a drop cloth and lightly sand the wood to create a rough surface. Step 1 the first coat.
Create a paint wash. Distress wood furniture edges. Luckily distressing painted furniture is very easy no matter which method you choose to use.
We recommend letting the first coat dry for at least 24 hours when you are using the wet distressing technique. Apply one coat of paint to your piece. 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.
You can use the wet distress method or this sandpaper method. It s also furniture fixer upper day so make sure to stick around to the bottom of the post to find my friends great projects too. If you re using a single color on a piece of furniture and want to expose the original wood layer henry says dry distressing is the way to go.
Make sure that your first coat of paint is properly cured so that it won t come off when you distress it. 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.