Cracked Paint Effect On Furniture

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

Cracked paint effect on furniture.

Prime then paint the base coat. To give furniture an antique crackle decorative finish. Apply the crackle finish two ways with a. I s super easy to give old furniture new life learn how in the quick and fun tutorial.

The top coat will shrink crack and reveal slivers of the base coat almost instantly after the paint is exposed to the crackle medium. While the glue is still tacky paint on a coat of lighter colored latex paint. Apply the crackle. No need for a lot of prep work here surface imperfections are at the heart of this.

To artificially age the kitchen island shown here decorative painter ingrid leess started by priming it then. 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. Paint the furniture black and allow to dry to act as a base coat. With a brush or a brush and then.

Use masking tape to mask off any part of your project that you don t want to crackle. Apply a coat of water based yellow or white wood glue we use a cup of titebond to all surfaces.