What paint finish do i need for a white distressed look for furniture?
Certainly a trip to a local home improvement store will offer you many options. If you already have a finish you’ve seen, that you like, go with it on a sample board,,, as well as any others you might want to experiement with. I’d stay away from “Crackle” but that’s just my opinion. Matte finish would better define an aged piece, not well cared for, and if that’s what you’re going for you might even have some areas that retained some better levels of a finish. Keep in mind that a distressed piece is pretty obvious, and if it’s not a Theme, you’d have to think of it as an old piece you found at a sale that you wanted sitting amongst your highly polished mahogany. It might be advisable to sand off any clear coat that exists, or at the very least “Clean” anything you choose to paint. I suggest acrylics, but they would be better suited to raw wood, or wood that wasn’t supposed to have a high sheen, wood brain look. Without knowing more detail regarding what exactly you want to achieve this
