How To Whitewash Furniture _ Step by Step DIY Tutorial

Hi there .

My name is Roseanne and I'm the co founder of paint .

If you're anything like me , then you'll love looking at cool projects on Pinterest .

And when I saw these fella wood stars , I just knew we had to make some of these because they're perfect for demonstrating white washing .

So I asked Steven our shop manager to whip me some up , which he did and I think they turned out pretty cool .

Ok , let's talk about white washing .

First of all , white washing works best on a piece of unfinished wood .

So say you have a piece of oak furniture with a clear finish on it .

I suggest sanding it really well with sand paper , a sanding sponge and removing the shine and opening up the pores so it can soak up your white wash better .

So with white washing , you don't want to try and get opaque coverage , you want to have a hint of the paint on it so that it still shows the wood grain underneath .

So I'm going to take a piece of fell it wood and show you how we do this technique .

Step one start by using a metal brush to open the pores of the wood step two , apply simplicity .

You can apply the paint at full strength or you can thin it with water up to about one part of water to two parts of paint .

Make sure to go in the same direction as the wood grain .

You don't have to get perfect coverage .

Just get it on about 75% of your surface step three .

Immediately after applying it , you'll take a damp cloth and wipe away as much paint as you want to create .

The look you're after .

If you realize you've taken off too much of the simplicity , you'll simply go over it again with another coat of paint and wipe it off again .

You can build up your coverage in layers like that .

That's older is to it .

It's pretty simple , isn't it ?

Now , let's take our star and whitewash it .

There's no reason you couldn't use any other color .

So I suggest playing around with colors such as vanilla frosting , Elegance , and Pebble Beach , for example .

So this is what it looks like .