If you re looking for furniture with patina and a bit of history you don t need to scour flea markets or garage sales looking for distressed gems in fact you don t even need to leave your.
Grey distressed furniture diy.
To get you started we ll go over a few popular tools methods in detail.
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.
Last week on the blog i shared a rustic tree branch desk diy that brandon built and finished the photos i took didn t quite show off the rustic distressed finish like i wanted so i am sharing some close up photos today of the finish as well as how we created a weathered wood gray finish.
Diy white and grey distressed furniture paint steps abbotts at home.
Easy to follow written steps and video for this beautiful diy white and grey distressed furniture look using chalk paint and vaseline.
All three methods work similarly in the way that they create a resist in certain spots so the paint can be lifted off later.
Crystal pharr diy furniture.
It s time to share the steps for that beautiful diy white and grey distressed furniture look i painted on that diy pedestal kitchen table build i shared last week.
I used a mixture of about 1 part paint to 4 parts water using cil stratosphere the color color matched into sherwin williams paint at the store.
Sep 15 2017 explore kelly sexton s board gray distressed furniture on pinterest.
This distressed paint look gives that pedestal the classy heirloom furniture feel i was hoping for.
Distressing wood using wet paper technique.
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This will be a light grey wash.
With emphasis on the edges of the furniture use the sander to gently remove some of the paint and primer allowing the underlying wood to show through.
Mix a small amount of light grey latex paint and water into a plastic cup.
We ll also give you some ideas of which other tools you could try.
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Both the candle technique see previous and the wet paper technique are good alternatives to distress wood or furniture using vaseline.
There are a lot of different ways to distress your piece of furniture and everyone has their preference.