Like chalk paint, chalkboard paint is water - based, which makes cleanup easy.
Whiting is in fact already in most house paints and adding more does change the look to be
like chalk paint.
I put twice, third as much powders — still, it doesn't work
like chalk paint.
She re-does furniture and says that the flat enamel works just
like chalk paint.
Just
like the chalk paint, you can use wax, hemp oil, or polycrylic as a top coat.
When you stated: «Does it sand
like chalk paint?
It just doesn't go on «flat»
like chalk paint.
Also want to paint some cane back wooden chairs to match the old white but I do not
like the chalk paint.
I really
like this chalk paint!
I sanded the whole body a bit, which I normally don't do, because I was going to be painting the whole thing with the SW latex paint, and it doesn't adhere to varnished surfaces
like chalk paint does.
Nothing
like chalk paint!
Did you do any sanding pre paint or did you use it just
like chalk paint?
I think the flat paint look too much
like the chalk paint trend which I hate.
Wet chalk applies smoothly and cures more opaque,
like chalk paint, whereas the dry chalk resembles a chalkboard.
Chalk Paint and Milk Paint I use on the outside of my furniture and the Fusion I have just started to use on the inside (I do not paint the outside of furniture with Fusion, I just don't like working with it, but it is great on the inside — Fusion Paint claims to be a «Chalk - Like Paint» but it is nothing
like chalk paint — this is my honest opinion).
I like chalk paint, but I think I would also really like the look of milk paint too.
I liked chalk paint for this process because it bonds will to surfaces that have already been sealed.
Not exact matches
Stimulate your child's tactile and visual senses by letting them play with toys
like sidewalk
chalk and finger
paints.
We could spend hours reading her product descriptions and
like to imagine that life if you're Sianuska is wearing woolies, hands wrapped round a cup of hot tea while The Archers plays in the background and happy children
paint chalk pictures on the floor.
He also
likes to make roads with the store - bought
chalk paint we have and then he drives his trucks on them.
Toddlers enjoy simple arts and crafts,
like drawing with large crayons on blank paper, playing with clay,
chalk and a chalkboard (or sidewalk), and
painting with large paintbrushes (for less mess, «
paint» the sidewalk or fence with water).
I used wipe on poly (not polycrylic) over DIY
chalk paint a couple of weeks ago, and I
liked the ease of it.
Now that I
painted them myself with the
chalk paint and used the lacquer it still looks
like new after three years.
Choose a color scheme
like neon, and fill with sidewalk
chalk,
paint, bubble wands, clay, stickers and stamps.
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.
Chalk paint will dry
like any other
paint into a hard surface.
hi... i usually make my own
chalk paint, but i would
like to
paint out some hideous tracker green marble around my fireplace and do nt want to mess around.
Like most
chalk paint, it's pretty pricey.
I
like this
paint for it's durability, but I'll be honest that the
chalk paints (ASCP, Rust - Oleum, and Americana
chalk paint are most forgiving and deliver the best results when distressing.
I've never used
chalk paint, but I would
like to try it out.
I remember the first time I tried
chalk paint, I was
like oh no what did I do.
Also, keep in mind that if you pick up a piece you'd
like to
paint using this technique, and it's already stained or
painted, you can skip this step entirely and simply apply a top coat of
chalk paint.
I want to do a wood stain treatment for the top and
chalk paint the rest
like you've done.
have you ever tried a brush - on top coat (
like Rustoleum) over
chalk painted fabric furniture?
Just
like cool chalkboard
paint, this sidewalk
chalk paint gives kids a bigger canvas to play with.
Christie, I love that you shared your experience with this chair, even if it didn't work out for you: (Textile medium doesn't work for me either, but I've found that if I use
chalk paint and wax, it feels more
like leather and less stiff.
TO
paint the wood planks I ended up making my own DIY
chalk -
like paint for this project.
It sounds
like I may have to try
chalk paint the next time!
Stores
like Michael's sells small jars of
chalk paint (in same sizes as the craft acrylic
paint) at affordable costs so you no longer have to commit to a full pint size jar.
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.
So far, I've been using a lot of what we have on hand
like sample
paints left over and
chalk paint that I already purchased.
Recently I gave the legs and base of the bench a quick coat of white
paint with some
chalk paint I had on hand, and I still might distress it a bit, but I'm
liking the look of it much more now.
Finishing a piece
like this used about 1/3 of a can, which is about $ 12 worth of
chalk paint.
Chalk paint (or something similar,
like milk
paint) is the way you want to go if you want to antique or distress a project after
painting it.
You can add sound proofing panels
like these — either
paint to match your wall color or
paint with
chalk paint so kids can use it as a
chalk board for drawing.
Enamel
paints are also my favorite
paints for furniture, so if you'd
like to use a quart of one of those instead of the AS
Chalk Paint, try either Sherwin Williams «Dignity Blue» or Benjamin Moore's «Down Pour Blue» — both are very close color matches.
hmmm have been wanting to
chalk paint my dining table, chairs and hutch but did not
like cost plus shipping.
Once it's finished and dry, distress if you'd
like and then seal with a polyacrylic sealer or some wax (
chalk finish
paint usually gets a wax sealer.)
I was beginning to think AS
Chalk Paints weren't for me, because I don't
like a distressed look.
At first I started with an oil based
paint pen, but I didn't
like the results of this and ended up going over it with the
chalk paint.