How To Paint Furniture And Make It Look Distressed

You can use the wet distress method or this sandpaper method.
How to paint furniture and make it look distressed. Let it dry completely. If you re using a single color on a piece of furniture and want to expose the original wood layer henry says dry distressing is the way to go. To distress the finish and make the painted surface look more naturally weathered take the sander back to the surface of the furniture when the paint has dried.
Create a paint wash. It s also furniture fixer upper day so make sure to stick around to the bottom of the post to find my friends great projects too. With emphasis on the edges of the furniture use the sander to gently remove some of the paint and primer allowing the underlying wood to show through.
Place your wood furniture piece on top of a drop cloth and lightly sand the wood to create a rough surface. If you want the piece to look like it s been painted before you ll want to buy two colors of paint so the base color shows through when the top player is distressed. Distress wood furniture edges.
Apply one coat of paint to your piece. How to do it. For a dry distressed look you can use tools such as wire brushes sandpaper files or even chains and hammers to mimic the appearance of years of rubbing and impact damage she says.
Step 1 the first coat. Make sure that your first coat of paint is properly cured so that it won t come off when you distress it.