Blending Chalk Paint Techniques

Start blending where the two colors meet.

Blending chalk paint techniques.

For this video we will go over some layering and blending with chalk paint. Touch the tips of the bristles into the chalk paint. Using a combination of annie sloan and rustoleum products linen white and graphi. They can be blended but you really need to be experienced and many times those paints do not reactivate with water so once it s dry it s dry.

Mist the paint with water if it gets too dry to blend. I should warn you it gets a whole lot ugly before it starts looking good. How to blend layer paint for amazing results on your painted furniture projects. Chalk type paint and clay based paints blend pretty well mineral paints do not.

The great thing is that there really is. The layered painting technique is truly one of a kind. Remove from the paint and hold the brush away from the workpiece for a few seconds to allow the chalk paint to reach a drier consistency on the brush. Once you ve prepared your furniture apply 2 or 3 coats of your chalk paint with a brush waiting 30 minutes for each coat to dry.

I started by cleaning the entire piece with water tsp and a scrub brush. Blend in long light strokes moving up into the darker color and then down to the lighter color. I gave the rest of the dresser a light sanding with 180 grit and then wiped away all the dust with a. Blending and layering paint on furniture can be achieved in a few different ways.

Chalk like paints and clay based paint play really well with water. Use a good quality brush. Of course you can always layer more than just two chalk paint paint colors but if you re just starting to learn how to layer annie sloan chalk paint start by picking two furniture paint colors to work with. For more decorating tips including how to patch test your chalk paint read on.

When the piece has an existing lower color that you would like to blend with an upper color use the dry brush technique. To get the crisp white to blend into the spring colors i rolled on a heavy coat of cotton with a high density roller and then used a chip brush to feather the paint into the spring colors above. Mist your flat head chalk paint brush with water. Layering two colors of chalk paint is an great way to practice blending chalk paint if you re just starting out.

Then i patched and fixed all the missing veneer and old hardware with bondo and sanded the bondo smooth. How to layering chalk paint.