Other options: Stain it with Minwax stain, leave it natural and clear coat it with
Rustoleum Clear Matte Spray Paint, or embellish it with a stencil from Royal Design Studios
If you can find
Rustoleum Clear Coat (it's an enamel like the paint you used), you can spray it over, but that can be pretty smelly itself, so instead I would use Brush - on Polycrylic (not the spray version) It is a water - base polyurethane that has no smell.
I tried
the Rustoleum clear Matte..
Not exact matches
I have a
rustoleum spray
clear matte topcoat that I could use but wanted to know if it would work first!?
To keep a bright white color I seal chalk paint with matte
clear spray coating by
rustoleum.
After speaking with a few different people, I tried the
Rustoleum crystal
clear you mentioned above.
on that piece i'm using
rustoleum's chalked line of
clear matte sealer.
I would use Polycrylic in a spray or the same
Rustoleum 2X in
clear.
You could use polycrylic or varathane (water based or it will yellow) or you could even just give them a quick coat with
clear spray paint (
rustoleum is my favorite).