I received a few questions yesterday about how I achieved this “rough” paint look on the armorie in my kitchen.
I wish I had step by step pictures but I don’t. So I will tell you how I achieved this look with the picture I do have.
This was a barn find from a friend , was also not in great shape and needed some repairs. I enlisted the help of my father in law for those. It was wabbly , missing a few pieces and the back and bottom were falling off. The inside is cedar , its in beautiful condition and left untouched.
If you have used milk paint before you know how unpredictably it is and is not for everyone, but I love it (along with many other types of paint). I envisioned a super rough chippy look with thin layers of linen milk paint. Somewhere in between a wash and paint. With more of antique wax than I normally use.
Here is how I achieved this, each piece is different and not all will chip naturally with milk paint…. I just had a feeling this one would.
* I mixed MMS Milk paint in linen extra thin (I normally do equal parts) 1 part milk paint to almost 2 parts water
* I used a good quality brush from my local True Value hardware store & applied 2 thin coats of paint (quickly). This piece was starting to do its chippy thing before first coat was even dry.
*There were some high and low spots and some normally dreaded “bleed” through on the paint and wood. But this time I sorta liked it ad did not seal the bleed through with a wax and left them …. yes I did that’s right 😉 I felt it looked more antique and natural.
*Some spots on the piece were already rough to touch ( I did not sand those first ) but other spots I had to “help” be that way. So I grabbed my spackler and started scrapping where it was chippy BUT I DID NOT SCRAPE OFF ALL THE WAY. I left it partly flaking off and quickly sealed it with a clear wax. This sealed it. I am not going to lie its messy and took a few days for the wax to dry and harden so it would stay that way.
A little tip put your wax on a paper plate that way you don’t have specks and chips of paint mixed in the wax can.
*I did not follow the direction on he wax and did not immediately buff after applying the clear wax to the piece. I let it dry an hour or two and then added the dark wax and buffed with old panty hose. I don’t normally do this but I did this time.
I hope this helps:) Feel free to ask questions or send me message.
xoxo
Becky
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God bless,
junque*in*the*trunk 