Sentences with phrase «chalk paint because»

Gosh I would not try the chalk paint because of the cost but this makes it reasonable.

I was thinking of going with chalk paint because of not want to sand the walls and the grooves.

I love hearing about people's success stories with homemade chalk paint because it takes away some of the anxiety I have about trying it.

I have put off FOREVER ordering more chalk paint because of how expensive it is.

I was even debating paying for Annie Sloan Chalk paint because I really, really did not want to sand it down, there were just too many weird places and the thought of sanding them was giving me some serious anxiety.

I use a lot of chalk paint because that's usually what my customers prefer so I've been a paste wax girl.

I have hesitated painting my bathroom cabinets with chalk paint because I thought I could only seal with wax.

I love hearing about people's success stories with homemade chalk paint because it takes away some of the anxiety I have about trying it.

I use poly over chalk paint because it gives a great smooth finish and holds up to wear and tear better than a wax.

I recommend chalk paint because it dries so quickly and doesn't leave brush marks.

I chose chalk paint because it didn't require sanding before we started and I had heard chalk paint is fairly forgiving when painting furniture.

Not exact matches

When I do a piece with chalk paint I always wax it because the finish is gorgeous and poly just does not have the same beautiful, soft finish.

This paint must have a very high ammonia content because within a few hours after completing the stools I smelled a very strong and distinct «cat pee» smell that was driving me crazy... I used vintage grain / feed sacks to upholster the seats and at first I thought maybe that was the problem... but upon further investigation I realized that every square inch of wood that has the Amy Howard chalk paint on it smells like ammonia... every.single.inch.

I have been thinking of doing a white wash look with chalk paint on a dinning table but I'm a little nervous about it because I'm worried it won't stand up to kids and I love the color of this dresser.

Because I used chalk paint it dried within a few minutes.

I so want to try my hand at chalk paint and I'm glad you made this post because now I feel a little more confident to give it a try.

I went in to my local paint shop, and asked them for «chalk paint» because I heard this works extremely well on cabinets.

I painted it Graphite from Annie Sloan's chalk paint line, because it's just about my most favorite color out there.

If you're using chalk paint you could clear coat the same day because it dries so fast.

I have yet to try milk paint, mostly because I need projects to have a fast turn around rate and since you have to sand pieces first -LCB- which I hate doing -RCB- I always go to my trusted chalk paint.

It wouldn't be ideal for a full piece to use chalk paint over the wax because I would be worried about adherence, but when doing an accent like a whitewash, the incredible adherence of chalk paint works just fine.

I would've loved these pumpkins even without the mud cloth patterns because the chalk paint looks so good.

I love using my DIY chalk paint made with plaster of paris as a primer because it's very flat, adheres well, and there is very little prep, with no sanding.

And I'm glad you made the outright statement «chalk paint can be applied without sanding» because I didn't go to the Annie Sloan session and I had read other people make hints at that, but I wasn't totally sure... I'm glad to hear how easy it is, and that you used 220 sandpaper to distress.

I did not sand or prime this piece before painting because it is not required when using chalk paint.

I bought 1 gallon of June Day Behr paint (1 quart wouldn't have been enough because it took 3 coats to cover the dark finish) I turned it into chalk paint by adding a tablespoon of unsanded grout mixed with a bit of water for every cup of paint I used.

I was beginning to think AS Chalk Paints weren't for me, because I don't like a distressed look.

I mixed my own chalk paint using Calcium Carbonate because I wanted a specific green color, Benjamin Moore's Green With Envy (hence the title of this post).

Thank you very much for sharing the recipy of chalk paint.I really want to try this because ready chalk paint is so expensive.

FYI, I usually ad some water to my chalk paint for the second coat to thin it down because it covers really well!

I love that I spent a few dollars on chalk paint at Michael's and then a few dollars on real flowers (because storage is an issue right now — so I'll compost them once they are done being beautiful).

Come back soon because I will be doing a series on chalk paint!

Funny you ask this because I'm working on a post for next week with tips for getting a smooth finish with chalk paint!

I probably could should have used a coat of primer to start, not because this fabulous chalk paint needs it, but because I could have saved myself wasting a coat of the more expensive Annie Sloan, not to mention the week I had to wait for a new can of it to come in the mail one chair into my third coat.

I wasn't too worried about the splotchy - ness because I was going to be covering it with white chalk paint.

Sometimes because chalk paint is so porous it can suck up the sealer quickly and cause the finish to look uneven.

This happens because chalk paint is so porous.

Other articles said using a water - based topcoat over chalk paint will naturally result in streaks because the nature of the chalk paint sucked the WB topcoat in so quickly and therefore unevenly.

It's because chalk paint is so porous and it tends to suck up the sealer, sometimes unevenly, and its most noticeable on darker pieces.

And secondly, because I think many people assume that wax is the only option for sealing chalk painted furniture.

I refurbished some dining table chairs and using chalk paint and what I am really striving for here is durability, because these is a very large dining set and don't want to redo it again or at least often.

I also learned that waxing over dark chalk paint is harder because all the streaks show.

So I guess I'm not sure what the difference is with chalk paint — is it a big trend now because of the ingredients in the actual paint (low toxins, etc.) or is there something else that chalk paint can do that regular latex can't?

I'd love to hear the reason, because in my past experience I've noticed certain chalk paints don't work so well with waxes.

I used chalk paint on the lids because it dries super fast and then I added some twine around the tops of the jars.

I know I said that I would talk about the various types of paint that these sprayers will spray, Latex, Annie Sloan Chalk Paint etc but to be honest I kind of use the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint as a bit of a bench mark for this example because it's far thicker that most latex paints I've ever used, so if a spray gun will handle Annie Sloan Chalk Paint without it being thinned then it will handle all but the thickest of paints out there in the market place.

I did not sand or prime this piece before painting because it is not required when using chalk paint.

In this post I'm not addressing the «Plaster of Paris» chalk paint recipe because Plaster of Paris is toxic, carcinogenic to be specific and although I've heard it works great, I didn't want to get into it.

It's become my new favorite because unlike chalk paint, I don't have to seal it with wax when I'm finished painting.

I picked up this «chalky finish» chalk paint at Lowes, they had a handful of colors I could choose from, so I chose Woolen Stockings, because it was the closest to gray they had.