Rustoleum chalk paint how to#
Im so glad I powered through and figured out how to make each coat show up more as I went. Let me just say, after this coat I was discouraged and very tempted to give up and put the slipcover back on the chair. **This is a very messy project and since the chalk paint is watered down it is very easy to splash, spill and sling it around the house! Be careful!! But don’t be scared that it won’t absorb and make it too watery like I did on the first coat, or it will take you forever! I promise once you get started on your project, getting the right consistency is pretty easy! And if you paint a section and it is too watery and the color isn’t showing up very much, just go over it with less watery paint. Once you tell yourself you are “staining” instead of “painting” I think you will be able to get the right ratio of water to paint. Chalk paint is a porous paint and that is why it works for painting furniture! If it doesn’t seem like the chalk paint is absorbing into the furniture, but rather sitting on top, you do not have enough water in your mixture. When you are ready to move to another area just make sure you spray it down with water first. Then with your paint brush get some of your watered down chalk paint and paint it on.Grab your spray bottle that is filled with water and spray a small area of your upholstery piece.Pour some water into that same cup (a little less than the amount of paint you just put in).Pour some chalk paint into a cup (or whatever you want to be dipping paint out of).
I read a lot of different techniques online before I jumped in, but I quickly figured out what was working best and that is this… It took me four coats! (I know, thats a lot of coats and it definitely wasn’t fun at all times ha!) Just let it dry 24 hours in between each coat. Once I explain how I did this first coat you will do the same thing for every coat after. (I bought one at Lowe’s but it ended up “squirting” instead of “spraying” if that makes sense, so I ended up emptying a spray bottle I already had and used it)
I already had the Valspar sealing wax so that definitely saved me money on this project.Ī spray bottle to fill with water.
Rustoleum chalk paint upgrade#
Hello from Houston! After receiving so many questions on Instagram, I decided to write a blog post on how I painted our upholstery chair with chalk paint! I was not surprised by the questions because before starting this project I was wondering all the same things! Will it be too “crunchy” and “stiff” to actually sit on? Will chalk paint get on your clothes when you sit on it? Do you need to seal it with any sort of wax or topcoat? These are all questions that I figured out through the process and now I’m here to tell you what I learned so that it’s super easy when you want to upgrade your outdated upholstery furniture!! I didn’t plan on doing a blog post when I began this project so I didn’t take great pictures, but I did get pictures between each coat and I will explain exactly what I did!! This is a great alternative to getting your chair reupholstered and is way more affordable! Let’s get started!Ĭhalk paint of your choice, I chose Rustoleum’s Chalked paint in the color Country Grey! It was more affordable than a lot of brands out there and worked really well!Īny chalk paint sealing wax of your choice.