Cracked Paint Effect On Furniture

This 5 garage sale chair got a makeover with paint and elmers glue.

Cracked paint effect on furniture.

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. No need for a lot of prep work here surface imperfections are at the heart of this. While the glue is still tacky paint on a coat of lighter colored latex paint. 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 give furniture an antique crackle decorative finish. 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. Select a satin or semigloss sheen base coat paint that will contrast with and show through the cracks in your top coat. Apply a coat of water based yellow or white wood glue we use a cup of titebond to all surfaces.

How to paint a crackle finish on furniture tip. Use masking tape to mask off any part of your project that you don t want to crackle. Paint the furniture black and allow to dry to act as a base coat. Apply the crackle finish two ways with a.

Apply the crackle. To artificially age the kitchen island shown here decorative painter ingrid leess started by priming it then.