Painting Antique Furniture
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Painting antique furniture. The thinner the layer the easier the next steps will be. The thought of a painted antique usually causes us to cringe. The great thing about chalk paint is that there isn t a huge learning curve or a lot of prep work.
This provincial dresser was refinished for a customer who wanted to have a painted dresser with a wood stain top and an antique g. If an antique is valuable say 4 figures and higher covering an original finish with the aged patina of years of loving care painting that piece will affect its value almost guaranteed negatively. Do your homework and find out the value of your antique furniture and whether it s rare or very common.
Follow these easy steps to paint distress and antique your furniture. Give furniture an antique look for a fraction of the cost of purchasing antique furniture by applying a distressing technique. We opted to use a matte finish paint which works well when you don t want to use a primer.
However when it came to this chair we wanted to paint it a solid color to open up the possibilities for something unique and interesting. Chalk paint can be used to paint almost anything walls kitchen cabinets metal wood and even fabric but the most common use is to give new life to old furniture or to make newer pieces look old. Applying paint with a paint brush creates peaks and valleys that will be more visible when you apply the stain resulting in a more accurate antique look.
Sand again once paint has fully dried and before applying stain give the furniture s edges a thorough sanding so areas of wood are showing through to simulate years of wear.