Painted and Distressed Furniture. Faux finished antique buffet.
Posted by Michelle on Oct 10, 2011 in Distressed Furniture | 24 commentsThis video is a complete demonstration on how to paint and distress furniture. An antique buffet is painted and distressed to give it an aged patina. Step by step watch as this buffet becomes a Shabby Chic style piece of furniture. All the work is done by Alchemy fine living located in Santa Ana CA.
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@ThomasFinch1 hmmmm. that’s weird. I don’t use a poly coat, just paint. how long are you waiting after you’ve painted it to beat it up? maybe the paint has just not had enough time to cure. it can take any where from one to three weeks for paint to really get hard, especially if you’ve applied several layers. maybe try that?
I use Acrylic Latex based paint as well, but I cant get it chips with chains like that. Its too flexible. I’m using regular Latex paint that you’d paint your walls with. Maybe I need a paint thats more Acrylic that Latex?! Any Suggestions?!
Do I need to put a light poly coat over the paint and THEN hit with chains to create chipping?
@ThomasFinch1 hello! I use an acyrlic latex based paint.
What type of paint do you use to get it to chip off when hit with the chain? What is the base?
What type of paint do you use? Latex based?
Very helpful video and great technique. I used this technique on a pair of dining chairs which I painted a vibrant red color (flat finish). The danish oil stain sinks into the distressed areas of exposed wood and areas of paint scuffed by sandpaper and imparts a beautiful patina and slight shine. Thank you for posting this.
@eapple87 white paint would work. you’ll just need to use a primer first and it may take a few more coats to cover if your base coat is super dark.
what would you use on top of a color base coat? would white paint work?
I really enjoyed this and learned a lot. I have 4 chairs with rails 7 arms with a table & hutch. The table and chairs were painted with polyurethane! Do I need to sand off the shiny and then prime it with the Kilz? Or just prime away? I would like to do a really nice green with the darker stain on the top.. can you recommend a real nice color green to select in the vaspar? Would it be overboard to do them the same?
@SuperBribri777 sure. follow all of the steps, but add a different color underneath your top coat. the areas that you sand and distress will show through a bit of that color, wood will show through too.
Great vid! I have a question! Can you do this with two colors? I saw this one piece of furniture and it was white. but where it looked chipped and rustic looking, there was a pink color. Is that possible? I didn’t know if this was store bought or home made. I was house sitting the other day and in the living room was the dresser, which I am talking about. Please let me know as soon as possible. Thanks
@crtarbert I usually do use a primer. I like Kilz. That would provide the base coat.
what kind of paint do you recommend using for the base coat? and do you not use a primer?
@jsanto24 I think it’s easy, but then again I have the right equipment, the space to do it, and have been doing it for years.
so helpful! is it really as easy as it looks?
so helpful!!! thanks
this was very help fulll
Beautiful!
Thank you, This video was so helpful! Exactly what I wanted to do.
great video and channel
Hello,
I love your work! If you were painting a antique roll top desk would you leave the inside unpainted? Also would you still use a sprayer? When you paint dressers with a sprayer, do you leave the drawers in when you spray? Sorry so many questions but I’ll be attempting my first piece soon
Found a peanut!
just what we were looking for, THANKS!
wow nice job