Cracked Paint Effect On Furniture

To give furniture an antique crackle decorative finish.

Cracked paint effect on furniture.

Select a satin or semigloss sheen base coat paint that will contrast with and show through the cracks in your top coat. I s super easy to give old furniture new life learn how in the quick and fun tutorial. With a brush or a brush and then. Curious as i make furniture with aged wood and i am interested in the old layered paint with the cracked effect distressed as well have you ever tried doing another coat with the same process.

Apply the crackle. This 5 garage sale chair got a makeover with paint and elmers glue. Not sure if it would work but i will be trying this maybe with a few colors of paint which merge give that layered effect. How to paint a crackle finish on furniture tip.

Prime then paint the base coat. Use masking tape to mask off any part of your project that you don t want to crackle. The top coat will shrink crack and reveal slivers of the base coat almost instantly after the paint is exposed to the crackle medium. To artificially age the kitchen island shown here decorative painter ingrid leess started by priming it then.

No need for a lot of prep work here surface imperfections are at the heart of this. Apply the crackle finish two ways with a.