Sentences with phrase «dark wax»

This red furniture piece, as well as this gray one, I painted was coated with dark wax only and both looked amazing.

I did use dark wax on the carved leaf columns on the buffet, and the painted frame trim to match the buffet.

When you apply dark wax over it - it tones down the any of the blue hue there - and brings out more of the sage / green in it.

The woman beside me painted this cool table red and then added dark wax.

Apply the clear wax first then dark wax around areas you want to show aging like corners, details and edges.

Dark wax looks best when it has something to grip to.

It was so easy to do and I liked the look so much, that I decided to add more dark wax into my piece.

If you haven't used dark wax before be sure to test it on your paint color because it basically stains the paint.

If you just use dark wax first, where you apply it is exactly where it goes.

And then, clear wax and a little dark wax too.

If you put dark wax right over the chalk paint, it is hard to move the color around where you want it.

This happened to be the look I was after but you can certainly use dark wax only.

Once that dried, I used a very thin layer dark wax to age it a little.

I always use dark wax immediately after clear wax because it makes it easier to control.

I have however used dark wax straight on to certain paints because it was the look I was after.

When dark wax is applied first to raw wood it will change the wood color a great deal.

I agree dark wax can be a little tricky.

Plus this allows you to add more dark wax to corners and edges where wood would naturally wear more.

I have heard dark wax, light wax, clear wax... how do you know what to use?

I also used dark wax along the edges and in the corners to give dimension to the door and drawer fronts.

Also, keep in mind that clear wax can erase dark wax if you've added too much.

You can see as I was applying the yellow paint the color is not exactly right BUT I know what dark wax does this color.

We often talk about giving furniture an aged look with dark wax or a glaze, but did you know you can get a similar look just with paint?

I decided to go over the entire piece again with a light coat of dark wax to tone it down.

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.

I used this home - made dark wax on my clock - face table not too long ago.

If you haven't used dark wax before be sure to test it on your paint color because it basically stains the paint.

I have done my first piece of furniture in old white then put on a clear wax and then dark wax.

I finished it off with a little dark wax to deepen it.

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.

I read you were going to use dark wax first, then clear on top.

Add dark wax and you have a jaw dropping piece!

Once that dried, I used a very thin layer dark wax to age it a little.

I have however used dark wax straight on to certain paints because it was the look I was after.

And you can definitely use dark wax without clear — if you want a really dark look to your piece.

«I sort of hemmed and hawed about whether to apply dark wax as I originally planned, because it looked so cool.

She stained the top with Minwax dark walnut and covered the entire desk with Annie Sloan dark wax diluted with paint thinner to create a glaze.

I painted them all 2 coats of ASCP in Old White and then dark waxed in all the grooves and a little extra towards the bottom part of each of the legs.

Dark wax really works best for making a piece look authentically aged and toned down a bit.

We presented her 3 sample boards with different variations of the Clear - to - Dark wax from Annie Sloan.

Lori, when you say you want to «get the waxed look», I'm not sure if you're talking about the antique finish that dark wax gives or the soft sheen of furniture wax.

I coated it heavily in dark wax after to darken the color even more.

The dry brush and dark wax worked out perfuctly.