To achieve Annie's signature look, apply a thin coat of
wax over your painted surface with a small Chalk Paint ® Wax Brush.
After the paint dried, I used a clean rag and applied a thin layer of clear
wax over the paint and let it dry overnight.
To achieve Annie's signature look, apply
the wax over your painted piece with an Annie Sloan Wax Brush or lint - free cloth, and then sand back.
I didn't wax the beads but you can (and probably should to protect the finish) use
wax over this paint.
After rubbing in a coat of Annie Sloan's white furniture
wax over the paint, my table was all ready to go — FINALLY!
I see that the Annie Sloan site encourages the use of
the wax over the paint.
To achieve Annie's signature look, apply
the wax over your painted piece with an Annie Sloan Wax Brush or lint - free cloth, and then sand back.
We did our kitchen in annie sloan and thankfully we used layers and layers of
wax over the paint so it's still fine today but it would be so much easier to just paint on a sealer so I» m glad to hear you can use a water based non yellowing sealant.
Others like a French look and use 2 colors and add dark
wax over the paint to look old.
Not exact matches
I just want to add that it is possible to
paint over wax after it's completely cured.
I am going to repaint with chalk
paint over the
wax and want to use Min
Wax polyacrylic spray....
HI Jo, You would need to remove most of the
wax, or give them a sand to remove it, but you can poly
over chalk
paint with out a problem.
I have never had any luck using
wax over my chalk
paint.
If the chalk
painted piece will be a highly used piece, I add poly
over the
waxed finish.
Have a quick question, I
painted cabinet with a flat blk
paint, it looked really nice and then added annie sloan dark
wax over them and now they look splotchy..
I use poly
over chalk
paint because it gives a great smooth finish and holds up to wear and tear better than a
wax.
I don't
wax over the paper - just the
painted areas.
Can I just say how glad I am that you can
paint right
over the finished
wax with more Chalk
Paint??
I
painted a child's wingback with emperors silk and then
waxed it with clear
wax and the
wax showed white all
over.
Do you use the dark
wax over distressed parts and
over the
painted parts?
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.
To answer your questions: Working in small sections, I used the dark
wax over everything (distressed and
painted parts) and then wiped off the excess with a damp cloth.
When using the
wax paper transfer method on
painted pieces, you may need to go
over each letter with
paint.
After transferring my letters I lightly distressed the board, mostly around the edges, and used a knife point to «pick up» the
paint that was
over the
wax, revealing the chalky black beneath.
I want to try this method, I've been making my own chalk
paint, and
painted my china cabinet, and used the Minwax dark
wax to antique it, it's not for everyone, but the look is just what I want, old world look, not even put it has character, I am doing my coffee table as well, I find very ornate pieces cheap and
paint a base cream chalk
paint and then go
over it with the Minwax dark, let it sit for 15 min and buff, then add another layer of
wax, its so much fun, but the problem I'm having is I'm ADD and I have 5 projects going at once!
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.
And I finished off the piece with clear soft -
wax on both the chalky
paint and
over the top of the table top.
I
painted the metal urns in Provence and then dry brushed Old White
over them, and then applied clear
wax.
Did you use any sort of finish
over the
paint besides just
wax?
Or can I just use a flat regular
paint and use the
wax over them?
If you use two colors would I
paint another coat with the white,
over the blue, and then sand and
wax?
Can I
paint over a clear
wax?
When I decided to do a makeover on my mantel, I knew I wanted a
paint that I could
wax over for an aged look.
Hi Karen, I am somewhat of a novice at using milk
paint, but I had success with
painting a base coat in one color, then using the
wax puck in spots, and then
painting over the piece with a second color of milk
paint.
I used white chalk
paint on the shelves first, then buffed a little bit of dark paste
wax over the white to give them an antiqued look.
I have been hesitant to dive into the chalk
paint / clear
wax technique, but I think your dresser / changing table just pushed me
over the edge!
There are some brands, such as Annie Sloan, that say you can
paint over wax without stripping it if both the
paint and
wax are their brand.
If you used a brand that allows you to do this (Annie Sloan is one) you can
paint another coat
over the
wax, then seal the fresh coat of
paint with poly.
If you have
waxed, you'll need to follow the instructions on the can for
painting over it.
I just read all the comments about the
wax over the AS chalk
paint.
So you could let the
wax cure,
paint over it with AS
paint then seal it with something other than
wax.
Jan, I have tried many products to use
over chalk
paint, several
waxes then I switched to polycrylic top coats and have tried several, the best I've ever used is Polyvine Decorator's Varnish Dead Flat Finish — it DOES NOT yellow, I just used
over two big pieces of furniture
painted in Pure White and Off White and absolutely no yellowing.
Most
waxed can not be
painted over successfully.
I do not agree with your assessment of not being able to
paint over a
waxed finish.
So if you can't
paint another sealent
over the
wax, then how do you remove the
wax without taking the chalk
paint with it?
it's true that you can repaint
over her totally cured
wax with her
paint!
After I
waxed with Annie Sloan soft
wax I applied General Finishes flat topcoat
over the chalk
paint on the rungs of the chairs.
If you haven't
waxed yet you can just prime right
over the
paint then
paint another coat.
AS says you can
paint over her
wax once it's fully cured using her own brand of chalk
paint.
I also learned that
waxing over dark chalk
paint is harder because all the streaks show.