Before diving into the actual tutorial i wanted to quickly answer some of the most commonly asked questions about chalk paint and some of my best tips for using chalk paint to give your dining room table a makeover.
Chalk painted dining table before and after.
I see you used the polycrylic.
Then i painted this great little table with aqua diy chalk paint silver spray paint for the legs and mod podged the top with wrapping paper.
Jan 10 2019 explore amy cunningham blank s board chalk paint table followed by 137 people on pinterest.
I painted my dining table using annie sloan pure white chalk paint.
These are some of the best and most beautiful chalk paint furniture ideas from amazingly talented diy bloggers who specialize in painted furniture makeovers.
Before and after diy chalk paint dining table and chairs.
I used my dark walnut faux stain to match the chairs and i love how it turned out.
After the two coats of black chalk paint were dry i did a little sanding.
Needless to say i sanded the whole table down and started again.
The chalk paint is so forgiving that it covers up any imperfections.
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This is what the table looked like after the second coat of paint the paint is still a little wet fyi.
Wipe down and dust the furniture piece.
The first time i used polyurethane for top coat and it yellowed.
The trick to creating a durable chalk paint finish on a table top is a good top coat.
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.
The great thing about chalk paint is that you do not need to sand your project piece before you paint.
Getting started with chalk paint.
You can see this shade and 5 others here.
Before i show you the after photos and tell you how i got this look let me share with you real quickly 3 reasons why i love using chalk paint to paint furniture.
How to faux stain furniture with paint.
The actual process of chalk painting is a lot easier than it might seem.
Painted dining room furniture before and after i recently refinished the top of my breakfast table as it had a lot of water damage from cold glasses because well we live here.
I keep researching and i am not sure what to use to avoid that yellowing appearance.