I then painted the ad using acrylic craft paint, sanded it down to distress it more, applied a clear coat of furniture wax then
a dark coat of wax to add to the aged look.
Not exact matches
hi thank you for your info i just painted a coffee table w 2
coats of AS paint and applied AS clear
wax and
dark wax.
The next morning, I covered it with a thin
coat of dark wax, rubbing the
wax into the details to give it that distressed, antiqued look and then wiped off the excess
wax with a rag.
The entire piece got a couple
coats of Annie Sloan's Napoleonic Blue, then a
coat of dark wax before painting the graphic.
Do you apply a final
coat of clear
wax after your
dark wax or is the piece finished after the
dark wax application?
No you do nt need to put a final
coat of clear
wax after the
dark wax, and yes you can buff it, but try to stick to buffing only areas that would get touched a lot... Looks more authentic that way!
Mixing Napoleonic and Barcelona colors, she created a velvety, rich navy color and used a couple
coats of dark wax to seal the paint and deepened the look
of the wash stand.
I think I want to poly instead
of wax as final
coat but I wanted to apply
dark wax for effect in some areas
of my piece.
This did not happen to me with a sample that had the
dark wax over 1
coat of clear
wax (which itself was over two
coats of poly), but I don't want a
dark wax look for these chairs, so I am just wondering if I should be trying something different to get this white
wax to stick.
It was easy for me to see how much
wax was removed because I had put
dark wax over the clear then finished with another
coat of clear
wax.
So, without wanting to layer on more paint, I decided to add a heavy
coat of dark wax thinking it would tone down the green a bit...
To give the frame a finished look, I rubbed on a
coat of dark antiquing glaze followed by a
coat of creme
wax.
Laying down a thin
coat of clear
wax first allows you to get the
dark wax exactly where you want it on the piece you are working on.
After some very light distressing along some
of the edges, the hutch received a
coat of clear and
dark wax, and then a good buffing after it cured for 24 hours.
Stover works with a cool palette
of dark blue / teal, beige, pumpkin orange, and taupe on white, finishing the work with an encaustic
wax coating.
To give the frame a finished look, I rubbed on a
coat of dark antiquing glaze followed by a
coat of creme
wax.
I painted the top with a grey primer I had and then used a
coat of country grey AS and a
coat of coco AS followed by clear
wax and a light
coat of dark.
Annie Sloan instructs people to apply a
coat of clear
wax and then on top
of that a
coat of the
dark, but I have seen that it is much more streaky (which may or may not be the look you're going for) rather than an even aged look.
When I'm finished, I'll
coat it with some clear
wax, then put on some
dark wax to give it more
of an aged look.
We love how she transformed this piece with
dark wax and a couple
coats of Chateau Grey.
Well, it didn't take long after two
coats and a brush
of clear /
dark wax to richen this hue up to all it's potential!!!
I printed some sheet music off
of a free internet site, rubbed a light
coating of Annie Sloan
dark wax onto the sheet music, and stuck it in an old frame!
I then added black accents, gave it a sanding to show some wear, and then a
coat of dark wax.
I then covered the whole thing in a
coat of Annie Sloan
dark wax, wiped it off and buffed it.
All told I painted 2
coats of ASCP in Graphite and then slathered on a
coat of clear
wax and then
dark wax.
So I got out my Annie Sloan paint in country grey and gave her two
coats and one
coat of dark wax!
Leftover Annie Sloan paint in Linen and Old Ochre followed by one
coat of clear
wax, one
coat of dark wax and one top
coat of clear
wax again!
While they were drying, I took some patriotic sheet music I printed off
of a free website and rubbed them with a light
coat of Annie Sloan
dark wax....
Typically, at the shop we suggest to customers, to always apply a
coat of clear
wax before applying either black
wax or
dark wax (brown color)....
Do you apply a final
coat of clear
wax after your
dark wax or is the piece finished after the
dark wax application?
No you do nt need to put a final
coat of clear
wax after the
dark wax, and yes you can buff it, but try to stick to buffing only areas that would get touched a lot... Looks more authentic that way!
Two to three
coats of Chalk Paint (Old White), distressed, and then clear and
dark waxes!
After painting 2
coats of French Linen, dry brushing with a mix
of French Linen and Pure White, lightly distressing and
dark waxing, the finish is perfection.
She gave these two end tables a new
coat of white paint and
dark wax.
Or is it even possible to just get a nice even
coat of the
dark wax on?
In your other videos I interpreted that you paint with your chalk paint (1 or 2
coats dependent), then distress, then
wax clear (working it down into paint, wiping off excess), sometimes put on a second
coat of clear (same as above), and then if desired
wax with
dark wax (waiting 24 hours after clear
wax (or paint?)
The top one has poly - acrylic top
coat and the other has layers
of paint, stain, and
dark wax.
Am I going crazy or what...?!?!? And was that wait 24 hours to apply
dark wax after painting or 24 hours after applying the final
coat of clear
wax?
So after a couple
coats of paint, I lightly distressed the piece and finished it off with a
coat of clear
wax and
dark wax.
I gave the rack just one
coat of wax, which aged it quite nicely, but if you want to age it even more, you can apply additional
coats of the
dark wax.
The stained top was given an extra
coat of hemp oil and finished off with a
coat of dark wax, just in case I plan on selling it.
When the base
coat was dry, I distressed around the can with sandpaper then applied a very thin layer
of Deco Art
dark brown creme
wax around the can I applied just enough
wax to make the can appear rusty and old.