Distressed White Chalk Paint Cabinets
This is a must read if you re considering using chalk paint on your cabinets.
Distressed white chalk paint cabinets. After a few rubs you will see that the paint has been removed. This is called wet distressing because you used water to create the distressed look to your painted furniture. How to paint cabinets. This technique works great for chalk based or mineral based paints.
Don t make my same mistakes. Begin to rub the section of paint with the damp shop towel. Creating a distressed look. I grabbed the paint stirred it up and started painting the laundry room cabinets.
Instead they could jump right in to the fun stuff. Antique white distressed cabinets work just as well with an old world style as they do acting as a contrasting backdrop to a more modern space. Chalked ultra matte paint is simple to apply and requires minimal prep work so you can create a vintage antiqued distressed or shabby chic look in a snap. I love the color and the ease of chalk paint on oak cabinets.
After building cabinets in my shop for a farm or country style kitchen i was faced with the task of creating a distressed finish. I started by painting the bottom cabinets. For the first time i chalk painted the legs and banquet using an off white color with chalk paint. Chalk paint possessed magical powers.
It looks great as it is an antique wood table. Unlike most refinishing projects you can skip. It could adhere to practically any surface on which it was painted varnish bare wood laminate plastic metal glass it made no difference. I opened the drawers and doors and painted the base with the renaissance chalk paint.
I sealed it with polyurethane water based. And not only that but chalk paint had the power to free diyers of the dreadful curse of stripping sanding and priming their pieces. I could practice painting laundry room cabinets with chalk paint and aging them too and it wouldn t matter if they didn t come out well. The paint dries really quickly.