The great thing about chalk paint is that you do not need to sand your project piece before you paint.
Grey chalk paint table before and after.
It seriously brightens up the space so much and.
I said before i wasn t going to use wax.
Brush on thin even coats of chalky finish paint.
Before and after armoire annie sloan chalk paint.
Chalk paint table makeover before after.
Before after kitchen kitchen.
I did end up needing three coats of the white and two coats of the grey to cover the dark wood and black finishes.
The chalk paint is so forgiving that it covers up any imperfections.
4 charging cabinet painted furniture before and after makeover.
Rustoleum cabinet paint.
Wipe down and dust the furniture piece.
I m kind of okay a lot obsessed with how it turned out and i seriously can t get over the dramatic difference in the before and after.
Some of the flaws were still visible but they looked so much better.
We did lightly sand them before applying the black chalk paint.
I used annie sloan chalk paint in pure white on the top of the table and paris grey on the bottom 2 coats of each.
Before and after chalk paint and glazed and distressed.
The table tops were in pretty bad shape before.
Before and after chalk paint and glazed and distressed.
And without further adieu here s some lovely before and afters of this chalk paint dining table makeover.
The actual process of chalk painting is a lot easier than it might seem.
The trick to creating a durable chalk paint finish on a table top is a good top coat.
Instead of using the annie sloan clear wax to seal the top of the table i tried out this clear polycrylic protective finish.
You don t need to prime the surface with chalk paint and a lot of the time it s supposed to take a single coat.
I honestly haven t been loving the annie sloan wax finish on my vanities in our bathroom.
In my opinion wax does well for sealing chalk paint which is it s sole purpose but not necessarily for repelling water or holding up to high traffic.