Blending Chalk Paint Techniques

Using a combination of annie sloan and rustoleum products linen white and graphi.
Blending chalk paint techniques. Start blending where the two colors meet. Then i patched and fixed all the missing veneer and old hardware with bondo and sanded the bondo smooth. Remove from the paint and hold the brush away from the workpiece for a few seconds to allow the chalk paint to reach a drier consistency on the brush. Mist the paint with water if it gets too dry to blend.
Blending and layering paint on furniture can be achieved in a few different ways. Once you ve prepared your furniture apply 2 or 3 coats of your chalk paint with a brush waiting 30 minutes for each coat to dry. Chalk like paints and clay based paint play really well with water. After you ve achieved the color you want apply a couple of coats of finishing wax to seal the paint waiting 15 minutes between coats.
They can be blended but you really need to be experienced and many times those paints do not reactivate with water so once it s dry it s dry. Touch the tips of the bristles into the chalk paint. The layered painting technique is truly one of a kind. How to layering chalk paint.
How to blend layer paint for amazing results on your painted furniture projects. For this video we will go over some layering and blending with chalk paint. Blend in long light strokes moving up into the darker color and then down to the lighter color. When the piece has an existing lower color that you would like to blend with an upper color use the dry brush technique.
Use a good quality brush. The paint on the upper drawers was 100 dry before i rolled on the cotton and then dry brushed it upwards. The great thing is that there really is. I should warn you it gets a whole lot ugly before it starts looking good.
Chalk type paint and clay based paints blend pretty well mineral paints do not. Of course you can always layer more than just two chalk paint paint colors but if you re just starting to learn how to layer annie sloan chalk paint start by picking two furniture paint colors to work with. Layering two colors of chalk paint is an great way to practice blending chalk paint if you re just starting out. I started by cleaning the entire piece with water tsp and a scrub brush.
Mist your flat head chalk paint brush with water. For more decorating tips including how to patch test your chalk paint read on.