Since I was going for a vintage look with a foam brush I painted a light layer of cream paint leaving spots of
wood showing through.
These ideas are awesome, especially the one about leaving a bit
of wood showing.
Way too much
wood showed in there and I wanted a cloth to leave on the table 24/7 that also would look good with a table runner I'd already purchased.
First, we heavily distressed the whole piece with a power sander to let a lot of the
raw wood show through.
I prefer not to stain the bottom of each piece, as it might interfere with the adhesion of the glue, but definitely stain the sides so there isn't any
light wood showing.
Achieve this distressed look with thin layers of paint to let the
original wood show through.
Dark wood shows a lot of fuzz, footprints, etc. and a mid-tone wood would be a bit more forgiving while still giving a beautiful look.
If you still have a little bit of
wood showing through here and there (which will happen more if you paint a light color on a dark piece or vice versa), pour a little chalk paint into a plastic cup and mix in a bit of water to thin it out.
If you still have a little bit
of wood showing through here and there (which will happen more if you paint a light color on a dark piece or vice versa), pour a little chalk paint into a plastic cup and mix in a bit of water to thin it out.
If the
raw wood shows through and you don't like how it looks, you can stain it with a MinWax wood touch up pen.
It does looks so good to have the
natural wood show through but the pickling gives it a nice bright look.
I might suggest mixing up the widths of the various colors and leaving a bit of
the wood showing through for interest.
This new technique accurately uses other types of wood such as chestnut, cherry and acacia that, after analytical results obtained by techniques of chromatography,
these woods show interesting technological skills in certain situations.
In the living room stands his aging Steinway baby grand, the gloss finish worn to matte,
the wood showing through at the corners, the top piled with sheet music.
I love the way little bits of
the wood show underneath adding to the color array!
But I am even more struck by the appearance of the white - washed shelf with
the wood showing through.
To make this easy rustic sign start off dry brushing your acrylic paint onto your block of wood leaving areas where
the wood shows through.
I really like the dark look with the warm tones of
the wood showing!
I did distress with fine sand paper after I painted to have some of
the wood show through.
This will give you a more translucent look and have
the wood show through, which I think is a more natural look.
In some paintings, the grain of
the wood shows through, lending an organic warmth and structure to the image.
The MMS Yellow feels like such a warm rustic color with the touches of
the wood showing through.
I like the blue and I like the way
the wood shows through a little on this old boards, but what about just painting the bottom of the hearth white?
Let
the wood show through!
They painted the wood floor white and gave it soft blue / gray stripes... I think I'm going to do the same in my bedroom when I finally get the carpet pulled up — except probably just do a white wash to let the grain of
the wood show through.
As you can see, I did end up with a little of
the wood showing after all, but those are spots where I sanded through the layer of Maritime, not spots where the paint chipped due to the application of the beeswax.
I did distress with fine sand paper after I painted to have some of
the wood show through.
I came across some wood and decided to make them look like vintage signs so I stained them then painted them and before the paint dried I took water on my brush and went over the paint and wiped areas to let
the wood show thru so it looks like they signs faded.