Also, did you use just
wax over the stained areas?
The bottom piece is molding which I stained, on the left it's tinted with the same wax (it has Sterling Fusion Mineral Paint), the middle is just the stain and the right is antiquing
wax over the stain.
Not exact matches
I went
over them with two coats of whitewash (a cup of paint with a couple tablespoons of white paint mixed in) and then
stained them with mini
wax Provincial.
Just yesterday I
waxed over a gel
stained dresser top that I did with java gel
stain and sealed with a water based top coat — it went on beautifully and it gave it a gorgeous sheen.
We ripped out all of the ugly, stinky,
stained, beige and pink carpeting that was all
over our house when we moved in but we're left with hardwood birch that is in desperate need of refinishing as its just coated with
wax.
If you don't want a super dark look, but want a little in recessed areas, it is best to use one layer of clear
wax over the dried paint first, then add the
stain or dark glaze so you can move it around.
If you get a ring of water or a
stain, you can simply rub
over it with fine sandpaper and then add a layer of
wax and buff.
Have you used the Annie Sloan
wax over anything other than chalk paint such as
stained woods, milk paints, or other water based latex type paints?