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Chalk paint metal bed frame.
Painted with coco chalk paint by annie sloan then dark soft wax.
3 why not use chalk paint.
One of the great benefits of chalk paint is that you don t need to prime before you use it which considering how many bars the bed has was a considerable advantage.
6 rub a tack cloth over one piece of the.
Allow the primer to dry completely before moving on to the next step.
Thin your paint with water.
So if you are chalk painting on a metal desk or on metal outdoor furniture i would water down the paint.
Remove chipping paint and or rust from the frame with fine grit sandpaper or a metal brush.
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Use slow sweeping motions with the spray can and avoid heavy coats that make drips.
Scuff up the entire frame to help the primer adhere better.
You will apply it just the same as you would if you didn t water down the paint.
It is a metal frame.
Diy chalk paint bed frame.
The ratio will be 1 cup of chalk paint to a 1 4 cup of water.
Spray the frame with a metal paint primer.
Then get some black rust oleum in a spray can and spray it on.
Maybe add 20 to 25 to your paint.
Which type of chalk paint.
To begin the process of chalk painting on metal i will water down my paint if i need to.
It does not matter the unit of measure just keep this ratio the same.
The alternative i was thinking about was metal spray paint and not only would that need primer first but it seemed i would need quite a few cans to get decent coverage so i thought it might work out a lot more expensive.
Beautiful project by emily mcgraw.
A tip when painting metal or anything super smooth with chalk paint.
In the past i ve used annie sloan chalk paint and it works incredibly well and drys fast.
When one surface is dry flip the pieces and spray the other side.
So if you had 1 cup of paint you could add up to 1 4 cup of water.
It dries fairly quickly so you can re coat it in a short time.
Take some scratch pad for dishes and scrub the metal fairly well.
Then applied a white wash with old white chalk paint and waxed with clear soft wax and dark soft wax again.
We ended up buying this great product by zinus deepak.