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This post is all about how to paint your kitchen cabinets with Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan. How would I know? Because I painted mine over four years ago and loved the result! When I had a retail shop selling Chalk Paint, I was advising people on a weekly basis on how to go about painting kitchen cabinetry with Chalk Paint. This before photo shows my cabinets in Maple with a polyurethane finished. I washed the cabinets using Pinesol detergent and wiped them dry. No sanding at all! If your cabinets are very shiny then you might give them a light sanding, but normally this is not part of the process. As a matter of fact when you sand you could be removing the finish that helps seal any wood ta
nnins so be sanding you could be exposing yourself to having stains come through your paint job called bleeding. If this happens to your cabinets, stop painting and apply Zinsser Clear Shellac. One light coat of the clear shellac should be applied. I did not shellac or sand. I just started painting as soon as the cabinets were dry. We recommend using an Annie Sloan Paint Brush for this big project. Get the right tools and along with this great paint and wax you will be pleased with your results. So what tools do you need for the job? A great paint brush! These brushes are natural bristle brushes and that is what you need, first and foremost. The paint will load up into these thousands of bristles and you won’t be going back and forth between the can of paint and cabinet. These brushes have very fine soft bristles which minimized the appearance of brush strokes as well, another added advantage! The cabinets were painted with two coats of Old White Chalk Paint. I painted mine while they hung in place, after removing hardware. After painting the first coat I began right away on the second coat. Have a cup of water handy and dip the tip of your brush into the water then into the can of Chalk Paint. This helps the second coat glide on and not grab onto the first coat. It also helps smooth out the brush strokes. If it feels like its grabbing, just dip your tips into water and paint and you will feel the difference as you paint. After you cover the cabinets with two coats of Chalk Paint® we recommend waiting a day before you wax your cabinets. Annie Sloan Soft Clear Wax is formulated to go with her paint. It will not yellow as many protective top coats do, so you rest assured your white will be white forever! The wax is needed to create a durable finish so this step is a must. Apply the wax with a wax brush for best results. A large wax brush is going to get the wax onto your cabinets, and into the paint. This is about the amount of wax you should have on your wax brush. You will push the wax into the painted surface using a good amount of pressure. I go in a circular motion and finish off with straight strokes making sure I get the wax into the paint. Then take a soft t-shirt or other lint free cloth and wipe off any excess amount of wax. You can see if you have too much wax on your cabinet by running your finger across the surface. If you see a smear mark, there is too much wax so wipe it off with a rag. Do not rub briskly with a rag, as that is buffing and you could remove the wax entirely in sections by brisk rubbing. Just gently but firmly drag a clean cloth across your waxed surface and move on to the next cabinet to wax. We wax in sections and wipe off as we go. Do not wax the entire kitchen cabinetry and then try to wipe off or you will find it very difficult to do so as the wax has already started to set up and dry. Since I was painting and waxing my cabinets at home alone I don’t have a photo showing me doing the waxing, but here you can see how I am waxing a hutch. I have a firm grasp on the base of the brush so I can push the wax into the painted surface. The brush does a great job of going over all ridges and details, even your hardware if you choose to paint those. Annie Sloan Soft Wax is just that~SOFT! It will spread easily and many use too much wax because it is easy to overload your brush. So just add small amounts by tapping the brush into the can. Above you can see our can of wax is getting near empty, and the brush is sitting straight up in the can. When you are finished waxing we recommend washing your brush with hot water and Dawn dishwashing detergent. No soaking. Towel off with paper towels and let air dry. We have been doing this for years with zero bristle loss and great results. However we don’t wash our wax brush after every use, we store it in a Nitrile surgical glove to keep it moist for the next waxing job and it can stay in there for weeks at a time. If you want to lightly or heavily distress your cabinets you can do so before or after waxing. Annie likes to do it after waxing as it eliminates any dust from sanded Chalk Paint®. But then you must reapply more wax after sanding. I distress first, after my paint has dried, and before I wax so that way I am only waxing once. After distressing I will apply the wax. A fine sanding block was used to lightly distress my cabinets. Painting your cabinets is a do-able project and one that offers great results. It took two quarts of Old White Chalk Paint® to do the outside of my doors. If you are doing the inside of the doors you will use double the amount. Each can covers about 150 square feet of coverage. I used a little more than one can of Clear Wax for the doors. Think about using two coats of wax on the doors or drawers that get the most use for added protection. My kitchen is now over four years old and I haven’t re-waxed them yet but I will be doing that soon. If you are wiping down your cabinets you are effectively removing wax a tiny bit at a time so re-wax your cabinets accordingly to keep them protected, especially the cabinets used most often, like the coffee cup cabinet, or the one for the silverware etc. When the paint and wax have been applied it is time to buff your cabinets. We use the Ultimate Buffing Brush and give our pieces a beautiful lustre by running over the waxed surface with the brush. Its quick and easy! You can also buff with clean soft cloths, taking care not to scratch your surface with your fingernails as I have done when rubbing the cloth quickly back and forth. Remember to wait at least a day to buff your cabinets. Paint, Wax, Buff! Thats it! Create the kitchen of your dreams with Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan! 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Bella Tucker Decorative Finishes painted the fabric upholstery on these two chairs using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. Step by Step instructions are outlined in this post.
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We do a lot of custom paint jobs at Maison Decor. One of the current projects in house is a pair of Victorian chairs with velvet upholstery. Velvet wears like iron, its pretty hard to wear it out and often you will find pieces in great condition, but you just don’t like the color. These chairs belonged to a young couple who inherited them from a grandparent and they plan to use them in their dining room at the ends of the table. However they wanted a color that went with their decor, and thats where we stepped in….with our Annie Sloan paint brushes and Chalk Paint! Lightly mist the surface of the upholstery with water, then paint in your choice of color. These chairs were going from chartreuse green to Napoleonic Blue. We recommend lightly dipping your brush into a cup of water, then straight into the paint can, then onto the surface of the fabric. It should take two or three coats doing it this way, so as not to overburden the fabric with thick layer of paint. This will help reduce any cracking that a heavy layer of paint could produce. Velvet is a lot trickier than regular fabric, as it has a nap. So work your paintbrush with the direction with the nap, so it lays down. In this photo you can see the first coat has been applied to the chair on the left. Let the coat totally dry out, then lightly sand in the direction with the nap, using #500 grit sandpaper. Then it is time to do the second coat. This photo shows the second coat has be
en applied. The color is richer and there is none of the green color showing through anymore. If there is, do another layer, let dry and then sand again. After the paint is all dried, and you have sanded the surface very lightly with #500 grit to make it nice and soft to the touch, its time to wax it! Yes~you will wax your fabric. But this is going to be a little bit different than waxing a piece of furniture. You will want to make a 50/50 blend of wax and mineral spirits so it is light and will not overburden the fabric. Using a plastic wine cup, I mix it up by eye, and then spread it using one of our wax brushes. Just rub it all over the fabric, wiping off the excess with a clean lint free cloth. Don’t leave any excess wax on the surface of the fabric, work it in, and wipe it back, one section at a time. It will leave the fabric looking and feeling like leather! Here are the pair of chairs, all set to take their place at the head of the table! Looking quite marvelous, and oh so much less expensive than a trip to the upholsterer! Thats why I love to call Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan: \
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Graphite is a soft black inspired by Lamp Black, a traditional pigment. It works for many interiors from neoclassical to modern. When waxed, it becomes a beautiful black like dark slate. Technical information 1 litre is enough to cover approximately 13 square metres. After painting, seal indoor furniture with Chalk Paint® Wax. On floors, seal with Chalk Paint® Lacquer. Take a look at our Tips & Techniques section for more information and to help you get started. Click here for our Chalk Paint® Fact Sheet. Click here for our Chalk Paint® Coverage Guide. Click here for our colour card, which uses real paint swatches to give you an accurate colour sample. Available in 120ml and 1 litre tins.
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A neighbor of mine was getting new furniture and generously gave this one to me to refinish. One look and I knew I could easily make it into a tall charcoal dresser masterpiece. Here’s what the dresser looked like when I received it. Stained & polyurethaned with a few minor knicks – nothing I couldn’t … Read More about Tall Charcoal Dresser – Annie Sloan Graphite Chalk Paint
