Cracked Paint Effect On Wood

A thin layer of paint will only make tiny hairlines cracks that don t look very good.

Cracked paint effect on wood.

Paint wood surface with base coat paint and allow to dry thoroughly. Trust me i learned the hard way. Using a smaller brush brush the surface you want to distress with glue on top of base. The more different the base coat and top coat paint colors.

Brush the paint over the glue while it is still tacky to achieve the crackle effect. Crackle medium is a specialty product that causes paint applied over it to crack resulting in a finish that looks aged and distressed. The wife wanted a chipped paint look on the baseboards and trim in a bedroom. As the paint and glue dry the cracks occur.

I ll show you some pictures with acrylic further down. The thicker the paint the bigger the cracks will be. Brush only once over the glue rather than using several brushstrokes in the same area or you may hinder the crackling process. This is how simple it is to create a cracked paint effect on any piece of wood old or new.

Proper surface preparation is the key to success when you. Sand the surface of the wood to make it smooth. However this works great with latex too. You can use latex paint of any level of gloss for the base coat color but a semi gloss or satin is ideal so that the cracks of color shimmer in the light.

This is the only technique i use to make crackle paint it works every time without fail. Moving in the direction of the grain. The only paint i don t like using it with is regular acrylic. Regular elmer s or wood glue will work.

My favorite way to do it is with chalk paint. Do the same if repainting an old furniture so that it is nicer and.