Brush on thin even coats of chalky finish paint.
Black chalk paint table and chairs.
You don t need to prime the surface with chalk paint and a lot of the time it s supposed to take a single coat.
For today s post i m excited to finally share our rustoleum chalk paint dining table makeover and chalk paint table tutorial.
You can just dive right in.
These are some of the best and most beautiful chalk paint furniture ideas from amazingly talented diy bloggers who specialize in painted furniture makeovers.
This is a beautiful old pennsylvania house queen anne cherry table that had seen better days.
Even though chalk paint and milk paint is said to cover any surface i would still do things a little differently if this wasn t a solid piece of wood furniture.
Chalk paint can be used to paint almost anything walls kitchen cabinets metal wood and even fabric but the most common use is to give new life to old furniture or to make newer pieces look old.
Today i am sharing how to paint a table with the best black furniture paint and black wood stain for a classic finish.
I did end up needing three coats of the white and two coats of the grey to cover the dark wood and black finishes.
Update i now use fusion mineral paint in place of chalk paint all brands.
For example if you were to paint white chalk paint on black furniture it will take several coats to cover but a primer will minimize the number of coats including your time energy and the extra cost of chalk paint.
Best black paint for furniture makeovers fusion mineral paint ash or coal black fusion mineral paint requires little to no prep and is easy to apply with good adhesion.
To wrap up the year my furniture fixer upper friends and i decided to put together some of our favorite painted furniture makeovers we use a variety of brands of furniture paint as well as different furniture painting techniques.
Use it to chalk paint tables and chairs chalk paint plastic outdoor planters or chalk paint a metal headboard.
I have found fusion to be more affordable to to produce more durable results all without the need to finish with wax.
Dry and re coat time is 4 8 hours.
Plastic wood metal brick you name it you can paint it.
It uses natural pigments rather than synthetic which makes for great coverage 1 or 2 coats usually does the trick.
Let s discuss this lovely table.
This is a fun diy project i completed last fall season and i wanted to put together a full post with tips on how to use chalk paint and my diy chalk paint table experience in the hopes that it would help others.
My suggestions in this post for using chalk paint still hold true and apply also to using fusion or any other paint to paint furniture.
The great thing about chalk paint is that there isn t a huge learning curve or a lot of prep work.