How to do Distressed Painting?
Before you start with distressed painting technique, you must procure all the tools and items at your hand required for painting. Get the checklist here. • Latex paint with contrasting color • Good quality furniture paint brushes, 2 or 3 • Clean rags • Sandpaper, 2 or 3 grades • Old newspaper sheets • Wood varnish • Paste wax Once you have arranged these tools, follow the technique stepwise. Read more about distressed furniture painting techniques. Step 1 The Basic Preparation You can do ‘distress’ to the actual wood that has not been manipulated earlier or you can also go ahead with an used piece The furniture need not be an expensive item or an antique piece. Before you start the process, take protection with rubber gloves, mask, goggles, etc. Step 2 Sanding and Primer If the surface is very rough, you need to rub it with sand paper, in order to make it smooth. Use 100 grit sandpaper for this purpose. If the furniture is an old one, without previous coating, then apply a layer of lat
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