thrift Store
Last week I saw him in the charity shop. Somewhere in a corner a brown cabinet. Totally not my color but a cabinet with such beautiful stained glass windows has a lot of potential to become what, so he just had to bring home.
Now I have usually little time and little patience. So a case is completely sanding and treating a huge barrier for me. So there was only 1 solution chalk paint. You know maybe, van die matte verf die je overal direct op kan kwasten zonder voorbehandelingen.
webshop Verftechnieken
Through google I soon came to the shop Verftechnieken After having asked advice, I had the paint after just one day delivery. Ideaal, because if I want to paint, I want it right away!
I chose the chalk paint Abbondanza, kleur” Hazy Blue” Ice blue and very light and airy. For instance, the cabinet is not too prevalent in house.
The closet was in the oil, and it is important to clean very well be the case when I received advice note from owner Miriam.
This can be done with special paint degreaser ;”St Mark” Sanding is not always convenient, because some woods than to go “bleed” and that risk was in it with this very dark wood.
Na 3 hours , I had the cabinet inside and out 2 x dyed 1 liter feature. Because the cabinet as soon dries you can after an hour again on to the part where you started it. Ik gebruikte een zacht muurverf rolletje voor de grote vlakken, en een puntige kwast voor de randen. A lakrollertje gives bubbles, So always use a soft roller or brush.
I had already previously painted with special paint chalk of Action but you do notice the difference with this paint. The paint covered already after 2 time, fewer frustrations so!
Since the cabinet was still a bit “bleed” and came out of the wood substances released by the color fell slightly greener. Old mint green, the result was, and I happen to think that a crazy color. Normally a color to bare untreated wood is just as if he's , but with a cabinet of old oak wood can therefore sometimes some color differences occur. Are you trying to really prevent this you can Schellak use.
Learned something again!
I have the closet last a bit smeared with special wax to give him a little more shine.
The wax also ensures that the chalk paint layer is more scratch resistant. I have the pot wax 3 years ago bought once, I also use it for polishing old cake tins so anyway a must have if you are a vintage interior lover !
Behold the before and after photos;
cabinet
(My daughter found it particularly fun to sit in!)
First layer, I even began to brush, but soon discovered that the roller was much faster
Also included the insides, will get your things in the closet even better forward
The result! I chose the button to display a different color.
