It is a necessity for applications such as kitchen cabinets.
Chalk paint techniques for cabinets.
Here a vintage bookshelf hall table that has seen better days has been selected for painting.
Chalk paint will hide heavily grained wood like oak.
Chalk paint dries quickly.
Creative painting techniques to beautify your home.
Paint one coat of country chic s primer over cabinets drawers and fronts.
If painted over already sealed wood tannins of the wood will not seep into the white paint causing brownish stains.
I didn t even take the doors off no one but me really sees the room so it didn t need to be perfect.
Consider spraying chalk paint.
Painting oak cabinets or any cabinets for that matter is super easy with chalk paint.
Use an annie sloan flat brush for a.
3 use the chip brush to paint your furniture.
One other important consideration with chalk paint is its finish.
Follow these easy steps.
Chalk paint cabinets durability factor.
Here annie is using old ochre.
After thinning down the chalk paint with water apply a thin coat to the work material brushing in all directions.
No prep no sanding just painting.
Slick shiny items such as honed stone metal and ceramic tile lack pores so you must apply the chalk paint with a different technique.
Materials needed for painting cabinets with chalk paint disclosure.
106k subscribers first remove the doors and any hardware.
Paint the cupboards in your chosen chalk paint.
Wood s open pores are ideal for capturing paint and helping it firmly stick.
Watch as annie sloan and guest painter ron taylor demonstrate how to spray chalk paint using a spray gun.
It s so hard to say since i can t actually see the cabinets but if the paint is on there good very well adhered etc then i would give them a light sanding by hand is fine and paint them with either chalk paint or an enamel based latex that is specifically made for cabinets.
Give them a wash with soapy water no harsh chemicals needed.
Leave to dry before painting a second coat of chalk paint.
Annie sloan shows you the fastest way to update your kitchen cabinets by simply using chalk paint and wax.
4 lightly sand to create the perfect.
2 clean the furniture.
Clean off your cabinets with a mild cleaner soap and water and let dry.
Chalk paint is thick and requires less coats of paint.
If desired lightly sand once with a scrap piece of sandpaper or sanding block no heavy duty sander required this is.
Left exposed chalk paint flakes easily so a wax or other topcoat is more than strongly advised.
1 pick your paintable piece and gather supplies.
How to paint furniture with chalk paint.
Annie sloan developed her unique and versatile d.