Refinishing Kitchen Table With Chalk Paint
This is how i did it using a combination of wood stain and chalk paint by annie sloan.
Refinishing kitchen table with chalk paint. The key is to ensure you have a good and durable seal over the chalk paint. I would personally not recommend it for the intense wear and tear a kitchen table will get daily. The fabric on chairs is from joann fabrics store. Like mine for example.
And hand rubbing the wax on the chairs was almost the death of me. This is how i did it using a combination of wood stain and chalk paint by annie sloan. Refinishing a kitchen table was on my project list for the summer. Check out our last video https youtu be whknwso7drq our loft apartment tour https yo.
Refinishing a kitchen table was on my project list for the summer. This video i take you through my process of how i do my custom work with chalk paint. I recognize that chalk paint was developed for those of us lifters nippers and tuckers who are sick and tired of stripping furniture in the hopes of breathing new life into a hopeless wreck of a table. Let s just say it took foooorever to finish.
Because the paint is porous which allows it stick well to almost any surface it needs to be sealed. Seriously i really thought i would never finish. Having my first painting project be a kitchen table with chairs full of spindles was probably not the best idea. General finishes high performance water based top coat.
The best sealant for chalk paint is wax which needs to be applied about every 6 to 12 months depending on how heavily the piece of furniture is used. Polyurethane is chalk paint durable for kitchen tables. How to chalk paint a kitchen table. Refinish a wood table using this tutorial by christina muscari of pretty distressed for a farmhouse table look.
First you ve got to choose colors. I find wax to not be terribly durable. Chalk paint can be used to paint almost anything walls kitchen cabinets metal wood and even fabric but the most common use is to give new life to old furniture or to make newer pieces look old. This video contains instructions on how to chalk paint a dining table using annie.
Not sure i will ever paint kitchen chairs again because of this project. A furniture refinisher s respite this farmhouse kitchen table needed a more stylish and chic look. Step by step on how to refinish a wooden table with chalk paint. The great thing about chalk paint is that there isn t a huge learning curve or a lot of prep work.
3 coats of chalk paint 2 coats of satin finish water based.