This paint does not come premixed
like other chalk paints.
Not exact matches
Chalk paint will dry
like any
other paint into a hard surface.
It waxed just the same as any of the
other chalk like paint products I had used previous.
I am very familiar with
chalk paint and as I've said in
other comments, I no longer use wax to seal, but instead water based top coats, however
like you I do from time to time use wax as a last step as a «polish» for extra an extra sheen for pieces that I want the top to pop.
Different mixed media
painting techniques, using glue, string, card, wax, paper to manipulate and to create texture with acrylic
paint Looking at famous artists
like Jackson Pollock, Frank Auerbach, David Bomberg, John Hoyland and Howard Hodgkin Resources: Acrylic
paint, Sponges, sticks, large and small paintbrushes, credit card, string, glue, Punchinella, kebab sticks batik wax, sand, tissue paper, scrap paper and glue guns, Creating a number of different textures with acrylic
paint and see what
other mixed media layering one can achieve with
chalk and oil pastel as well to layer over the acrylic
paint.
We went and picked out a color of
chalk paint I
liked, that we thought
other people would
like as well, a light grayish blue.
Instead of tossing it and buying new right away - consider
painting it using
Chalk Paint ® decorative
paint by Annie Sloan,
like my customer's Karen and Roxanne have (and many
others!)
No
other paint but hers is
chalk paint ® Or behaves
like her
paint even though it may have a flat finish.
Other areas (
like the doors) looked
like they needed a coat of primer to seal in the old finish before the
chalk paint was applied.
Chalk Paint ™ by Annie Sloan goes on just
like any
other paint, however - the application ability is amazing in that using different techniques and color combinations - the end effect can vary drastically!
I,
like others,
like reading of
other's challenges (I found your posting while googling «trouble shood
chalk paint carbonate.»
It waxed just the same as any of the
other chalk like paint products I had used previous.
I prefer
Chalk Paint above any
other paint, but not everyone feels
like I do.
It's a piece of wood furniture that can totally be
painted like any
other and
chalk paint was the way to go!
The first coat of my
chalk paint went on fine (looked
like pics
others have posted after their first coat).
The Calcium Carbonate Powder does not get thick, grainy, or lumpy
like the
other DIY
chalk paint mixtures do.
You make
chalk paint «make sense» to me and why so many people
like it
other than you don't have to prime (or sand).