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Dry Brushing Using Up Leftover Paint

August 3, 2018

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Dry brushing is one of my favorite painting techniques. It’s fast. It’s easy. Best of all you can use this technique to use up all the little bits of paint you have left in the bottom of your cans!

Win! Win! Win!

How Easy?

Very!

To dry brush all you need to do is tap the bristles of your brush lightly into your paint can. As the name implies you want to make sure your brush is not wet. So don’t saturate the brush.

If you think you have too much paint on your brush just dab it off on a rag.

Brushing On Your Paint

Unlike other paint distressing techniques where you completely cover a piece and the take away what you don’t want, dry brushing is the opposite. Here you only want to hit the places you do want paint.

you want to use a light stoke to apply the paint. I usually describe it as a whisper touch. Lightly goes over the area until you are happy with the coverage.

paint will sit on the night spots of your project. If you’re working on a flat project it will give you a streaked paint kissed look. It’s a more rustic finish for chairs (especially great on farmhouse chairs) and spindle tables.

Once you’ve mastered dry brushing you will want to use it a lot for a fantastic look that can use up all those bits of leftover paint.

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I know it’s hard to visualize some of these paint techniques from words on a page. I’ve created a video on my YouTube channel . You can watch the video below!

 

Cleaning The Finish Max Sprayer

July 31, 2018

The last video in the spraying chalk and clay based paints series for my YouTube Channel.  I will walk you through cleaning the Finish Max Sprayer step by step.

 

Spraying Chalk Paint

July 17, 2018

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There seems to be a lot of controversy over whether or not spraying chalk paint is a good idea. It’s a great idea.

Isn’t Chalk Paint Too Thick to Spray?

In short yes and no.

Yeah, I know that’s as clear as mud. The truth is all paint even traditional latex paint is too thick out of the can to start spraying right away. You will need to thin any paint to put it through a sprayer that’s why all sprayers come with a viscosity cup to help you make sure your paint is thinned correctly. Most people ignore this completely and jump right into spraying.

That’s why I hear so many people say they hate using a sprayer.

Make sure you use the viscosity cup and thin your paint properly.

Do You Need a Special Sprayer for Chalk Paint?

Heck no!

i have used both the Critter sprayer and the Homeright Sprayer with grate success. I’m confident that I can use any sprayer on the market since they all are basically the same process of using compressed air to spray paint.

My preference is for the Homeright Finishemax sprayer only because it doesn’t require an air compressor. You can plug it into an extension cord and you’re off to the races. Pair it with their spray tent and you’re unstoppable!

Why Should I Spray Chalk Paint?

There are two good answers to that question:

Speed – if you are flipping furniture like I am to sell spraying furniture and accessories is easier when you can work in bulk.  I gather all the pieces I want to spray white, line them up, and in a few passes I have 2, 3, or 10 done in one afternoon.

Smooth – No brush marks! I get asked all the time how to use chalk paint and not see brush strokes. You can roll it or you can spray it. Either way the finish will be smooth and brushmmark free.

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If you’re still looking for more details on how to make sure you’re paint is thinned properly the YouTube Video below shows you how to prepare chalk paint to be used with the Finish Max Paint Sprayer, but it will give you a good idea of what needs to be don with other sprayers too!

Check out this videos and make sure you know how to prepare your paint for spraying.

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Comparing Chalk Country Paint and Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

July 15, 2016

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I was out shopping one day and came across Chalk Country Paint. As an Chalk Paint lover I was curious, so I picked up a sample just to test it out.  I thought I’d do a side by side comparison between Chalk Country and Annie Sloan for you here.

 

Trying Miss Mustard See Milk Paint

July 1, 2016

So I finally broke down and tried Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint.  If you don’t know about Miss Mustard Seed you should check out her website and her very inspiring story.

Milk paint has been around for a long time.  I don’t know how long but you feel free to google that if you would like.  It’s a paint that’s created with milk, lime and pigments and that’s about all I know about the process of making milk paint.

Upcyclers like milk paint for various reasons but one of main reason I wanted to try it was because I want to be able to get that authentic chippy, peal-y, paint look of old furniture.  No matter how good you are at distressing there is something about that chipping paint look you cannot replicate with sand paper and wire brushes.milk paint

Milk paint comes as a powder.  You mix it with water and stir like crazy to try to get the grit out. You can learn all about mixing it on the Miss Mustard Seed Website.  She has awesome videos. I failed miserably to get the grit out so don’t judge when you see the photos. I already know I didn’t do the best job at mixing but it was my first time.

FrameSince it was my first time I didn’t want to start on something big so I picked this spiffy little frame.  Looks like it was a Home Interiors Mirror.  I like the detail of the scrolls and the gold interior rim, which is where I was hoping to get the chipping I want.

So I mixed up and dove right in, because I’m patient that way.  I didn’t sand, or use a primer. I just slapped the paint on and hoped for the best.first coat

The first coat went on like a dream.  The paint is a little runnier than normal paint consistency so if you’re going to try it be prepared for that.  As I said mine was a little gritty.

But what a pretty blue! Yummy! Yummy!

So then I had to wait for the paint to dry.  There’s no pictures of that but it looks like you’d expect.  Impaitent toe tapping and a lot of mumbling, “hurry up, hurry up.”  Oh, what?  You don’t do that? Just me? Huh.

flakeSo the paint dried. Yay! And look what happened.  Gasp! It chipped and flaked just like I was hoping. right on that glossy gold just like I wanted.  The rest of the paint stayed pretty well.

Since I was going for distressed I thought I’d  scratch that up a little too.  I sued a stir stick with green and scrapped it over the surface. It didn’t take much and more scrapethere was an added bonus of the green chalk paint depositing on the high points which was what I was hoping would happen.

I’m still mulling over if I like the final result but since this was a post about the paint and not the project I’ll wrap it up.  The paint did what it claimed and flaked beautifully.  I will use the milk paint again.  I want to see what it’s like on raw wood.

As for the frame.  Stay tuned.  I promise to post when I decide if I want to repaint it or if I want to keep the finish.

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