Once the whitewash has dried use a clear water based finish to protect the wood.
Whitewashing wood with chalk paint.
To be honest i use the whitewashing technique over painted furniture all the time.
And let me tell you that now i want to white wash wood whether painted or now.
Work in one direction and try to keep moving before the previous paint dries.
Watering down paint to make whitewash.
Thank you for the post on the tips and tricks for whitewashing with chalk paint.
Okay so here are the 3 products needed for this project.
Though the term whitewashing gets tossed around for a variety of white finishes it generally refers to painting a surface most often wood with watered down white paint.
Whether you choose pickling or whitewashing both of these techniques simply serve to lighten the color of the wood.
You can see how i created a weathered whitewash finish on natural wood here.
Whitewashing with slaked lime and calcium carbonate paint was used routinely to paint the rough surfaces of dairy barns which is why the barns are famously white.
Get it pretty wet.
But this is the first time that i will show you how to whitewash wood that has not been painted.
However i do think the.
Coco chalk paint graphite chalk paint pure white chalk paint.
A paint with a longer working time is good.
I don t know why i waited so long to whitewash wood furniture.
For some odd reason it s just not something that has come up.
Any water based paint will work approximately 1 part paint to 1 part water aka 50 50 mix.
And another one on already painted wood here.
You will need a spray bottle with water white paint i used annie sloan chalk paint in pure white paintbrush and a lint free cloth.
You don t have to use chalk paint any similar colors will work.
How to white wash paint or stain.
Pickling is the best choice for white staining oak.
For the whitewash wood effect i used a diy chalk paint watered down in a 1 1 ratio.
To whitewash with chalk paint spray water on one section at a time.