I'd been wanting to try chalk paint for quite a while..
It's "THE PAINT" in the furniture-redo-blog-world.
Old European cities inspired colours, has the chalky feel (hence the name),
easy to distress, and best of all....
((((( No prep work needed!!! )))))
No sanding, no stripping??? -Yep!
Can I just go right ahead and start painting!?-Yep!!
When I heard that, I seriously wanted to try it.
But the price...didn't...agree...with..me.
It's much much more expensive than even high-quality latex paint.
I don't mind to pay a little more on quality safe foods like organic veggie and fruit but on paint? And it's not like you just have to pay a little more, it's way way more...
I know one day I'll reach deep in my pocket to buy them because I want to know what is it like but for now, I'll make my own....
I really felt like trying.
It's usually made with either of these 3.
1.Calcium carbonate
2.Plaster of paris or
3.Unsanded grout...
You mix one of the above with water, add to paint, then mix it really well.
It's that simple!
I realized I already had unsanded grout ( my husband and I built our own house 3 years ago and bought like 4 bags of different colour grout), so this is what I used.
It was unsanded grout with Polymer.
I wasn't sure if it was OK, but if I don't try, I'll never know.
There was a few lumps in the grout so I used the strainer.
I mixed 2tbls of grout with water and strain it again.
Then added to 1 1/2 cup of paint and really really mixed it well.
This is the servers buffet that I was going to try my chalk paint on...
It had a shiny surface which I'd probably had to sand if it weren't for chalk paint.
At first coat, I thought I didn't mix the paint well enough because it looked kind of lumpy...
Then I realized this is the quality of chalk paint.
Because it looked....chalky :D
It actually looked like chalk and it stuck to buffet so easily.
I absolutely love my chalk paint.
Polymer grout turned out pretty good.
Since I have lots of them, I'll be mixing it into my paint from now.
Gave 2 coats of chalk paint....then..
....Black glaze.
It's simply 1 tbls of black paint mixed with 3tbls water.
It has loooooong manipulation time.
Wipe as you go with a wet rug until you achieve the look you want.
Spray painted the hardwares and...
TA-DA!!
I am very pleased with my chalk paint.
It's absolutely easy to make and easy to use...
Best of all, it saved me lots of prep work!
Sayuri
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