After a few rubs you will see that the paint has been removed.
Distressed chalk paint coffee table.
Easy affordable diy tutorial that shows you how to use annie sloan s chalk paint and a little distressing to update a dated wooden dining table.
Here is how you can do the same with your table and turn it into a distressed coffee table with a vintage feel.
But i have chalk painted numerous pieces of furniture over the years and the pieces have always turned out good enough for my purposes.
I will preface by saying i am not a chalk paint expert.
Then i flipped the table back over and covered all the spots i missed with the chalk paint.
The table has been used many places including the toy room as a lego table and a coffee table for our basement.
I added two coats of the white linen chalk paint.
Since i finished this table makeover around 2 years ago it s still holding up great.
If you want your coffee table to be the center of the room this is how you do it.
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Begin to rub the section of paint with the damp shop towel.
This gorgeous one with chalk paint.
Boy this has gone a long way i have used this paint for a mirror picture frame the base of a dining table and i still have some left to use for my coffee table top.
The distressed white paint with a rich wooden top is perfect for any living room.
Creating a distressed look.
This painted one that looks so pristine.
This is called wet distressing because you used water to create the distressed look to your painted furniture.
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You don t want those sand shavings sticking to your paint.
This technique works great for chalk based or mineral based paints.
I am using the indian summer color of amy howard s chalk paint.
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Chalk paint coffee table makeover update.
Clean the sand shavings off the table and sweep the area around you.
The table doesn t get a ton of heavy use although i ve since applied two.
Flip the table upside down and work on the legs first.
Furniture chalk paint tutorial.
And i shared my tips and tricks with you all in the ever popular post the beginner s guide to annie sloan chalk paint.
After that layer was dry it was the fun part distressing the table.