How To Make Black Chalk Paint

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Today I have another brand new project for Furniture Fixer Uppers twenty-four hours with my blogging friends. I'll show you lot how to paint furniture with black Chalk Paint – my first fourth dimension using Athenian Black by Annie Sloan. (Yep, I'm a firm believer that Annie Sloan makes the BEST Chalk Paint! And not only because she's trademarked the term "Chalk Paint." And now after using Athenian Blackness on this nightstand, I exercise believe that it's the best black pigment for furniture.) Plus in that location'south a quick video included so you can watch me work.

This is an Ethan Allen nightstand, and I knew right abroad that it was well crafted earlier I even saw the maker'due south mark. It toll me $22 at the thrift store.

I got a can of Athenian Black from the local Annie Sloan Chalk Paint stockist and planned to use this brute impress poster board as part of the projection.

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First, make sure the piece is clean and lightly sanded. I used 220-grit to remove a little of the clear topcoat, although information technology'southward non ever necessary to sand earlier using Chalk Paint. (Acquire all nigh How to Chalk Paint Furniture here.)

Side by side, I drilled a new hole for the new drawer pull with my trusty drill/driver and filled the old hole with wood filler. If you lot look at the gold pull beneath, you'll see that the bolts aren't centered with the front of the arrow. And so that's why I only drilled 1 new pigsty… they needed to be a little off-center due to the bolts. (If you lot look straight on though, the pull looks centered on the drawer.)

How to Pigment Furniture with Black Chalk Paint

Next it's time to pigment! Athenian Black Chalk Paint is a gorgeous deep black that Annie Sloan just released in the last couple years. Previously, Graphite was the closest color option to black and information technology's really more than of a dark gray like a chalkboard.

Athenian Black is a truthful black and doesn't need any priming for bleed through. Y'all only might need to prime (with a clear or tinted primer) if painting laminate article of furniture (fake forest) or a slick surface.

Utilize a good quality brush – Purdy has always been my favorite make.

Chalk Paint is really thick, so brush it on then get out that area to dry out while you lot movement onto the next area. If y'all castor over the same area earlier information technology'southward completely dry, yous'll end upwardly with a lot more texture than you lot probably expected. However, information technology dries pretty quickly, so once you lot're washed with the first coat, you lot should be able to start the 2nd glaze correct away.

I applied nigh two-3 coats of black Chalk Paint on this Ethan Allen nightstand.

How to Distress Black Painted Furniture

One time it's all dry, lightly sand the piece for smoothness and more on the edges and curves to distress it. I used 320-dust sandpaper for this part.

You tin see in these photos that one time you lot sand the blackness Chalk Pigment, the edges will look light grayness. Wipe the sanding dust abroad and I'll tell y'all how to overcome the gray edges just a little further below after we line the drawers.

If you keep sanding, you will see some of the original wood finish peek through. It'due south up to you how much you want to distress – I prefer the "less is more" approach.

How to Line Drawers with Poster Lath

I wanted this piece to be fun and a little modern, and then I bought this animal impress poster board to line the drawer. First I measured the drawer and then measured/marked the aforementioned area on the poster board.

Cut carefully – it's amend to cut it a little too big and so trim off the excess subsequently.

You can line drawers with different types of materials – poster board, scrapbook paper, contact newspaper, fabric, a large map, wrapping paper, etc. I don't always line drawers only it does give a makeover an extra special finishing bear upon, like a surprise inside.

You can too mucilage the paper on with different products, but I usually use matte Mod Podge and a foam castor. Use a thin layer across the front of the paper and then printing it down – gently rub back and forth for 1-ii minutes. Don't use besides much mucilage or you'll have a mess, and might tear the paper if information technology's thin.

Echo in sections until the paper is completely glued and allow information technology dry out.

How to Use Black Wax with Blackness Chalk Paint

The all-time topcoat to utilise after Chalk Painting article of furniture black is Blackness Wax. You can employ information technology with a brush, but I prefer to utilize a lint-gratuitous cloth.

Normally when using black wax over other paint colors, information technology'due south best to use clear wax beginning and so black on peak. The clear wax acts as a barrier and lets you control how much black wax is really applied. Considering if you lot utilize besides much, then wipe a little articulate wax over the superlative and it removes some of the black.

However, I recommend using black wax directly over the black Chalk Pigment. It gives it a gorgeous rich finish and covers up those gray edges from when nosotros sanded earlier. You lot can compare the photos above and beneath to see the departure.

One word of warning: If you apply the black wax with a lint-free fabric, you'll probably finish up with some wax on your fingers. It comes off fairly hands when washing – but don't worry about the cloth, you can but toss it in the trash.

Depending how much use your piece will get, yous might need 1-iii coats of wax for protection. As well – wax takes most 30 days to fully cure, so employ information technology only lightly for the first calendar month or so.

And hither'south the Athenian Blackness Chalk Painted nightstand:

I just love how Chalk Paint tin can make a slice await vintage, shabby chic, or even sleek and modern depending on how you apply it. And I thoroughly enjoyed painting and distressing with Athenian Black – which is why I think it's the best blackness paint for furniture. In fact, I'm already looking for my next piece to apply it on!