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ANNIE SLONE CHALK PAINT

A WEEK AGO I POSTED ABOUT TRYING

OUT THE ANNIE SLONE CHALK PAINT

AND I HAVE FINISHED THE PROJECT AND

WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS...

I DIDN'T WANT TO DO A HUGE PROJECT

AS I HAD NEVER USED THE PAINT

AND WANTED TO GET A FEEL FOR IT.

I DECIDED TO DO A CUBBY HOLDER WHICH

I WANTED TO PUT MY RECENTLY

AQUIRED CLOCK COLLECTION IN. SO

THIS IS WHAT I STARTED WITH

I DIDN'T WANT TO SAND OR PRIME

 AS THE PAINT SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE

TO DO ANY PREP WORK.I JUST WIPED IT

DOWN WITH A DAMP CLOTH.

I STARTED WITH A COAT OF OLD WHITE

I LIKE THE WAY THE PAINT WENT ON IT

WAS VERY SMOOTH. BUT I DEFINATLEY

NEEDED A SECOND COAT. I USED THE AUBUSSON BLUE ON THE TOP AND THE SIDES AS I WANTED TO DISTRESS THRU TO SHOW IT. I WAS

SURPRISED THAT IS NEEDED A SECOND COAT OF OLD WHITE BECAUSE I READ THE PAINT WAS

ALOT THICKER AND COVERED BETTER.

THE OLD WHITE STILL DID NOT COVER AFTER

2 COATS AND I NEEDED TO USE A THIRD COAT.

I HAD ONLY BOUGHT THE SAMPLE SIZE OF

THE PAINTS TO TRY. I DIDNT WANT TO USE

UP ALL MY OLD WHITE SO I DID THE THIRD

COAT IN PARIS GREY AND COVERED THE

WHOLE THING. THE PAINT DID STICK AND DID

NOT NEED A PRIMER. THAT, I FEEL IS

THE BEST PART OF THE PAINT. THE BEST

PART FOR ME ANYWAYS.

I WAS DONE WITH THE PAINTING AND THE

NEXT DAY I WANTED TO DISTRESS IT.

I DECIDED TO DO THE DISTRESSING BEFORE

THE WAX. I DID LOVE THE WAY THAT THE

CHALK PAINT DISTRESSED. THAT YOU ARE

ABLE TO EASILY SAND DOWN TO THE OTHER

COLOR PAINT YOU USED AND WANTED TO SHOW

THROUGH. IN MY CASE THE AUBUSSON BLUE.

AFTERWARDS I APPLIED THE CLEAR WAX

AND THEN THE DARK WAX. I DID LIKE THE

WAX AND I ALSO LIKED THE DARK WAX.

I MIXED THE DARK WAX WITH THE CLEAR

WAX FOR THE SECOND COAT AND CONCENTRATED

ON THE PARTS WHICH I HEAVLY SANDED.

I REALLY LIKE THE LOOK OF THE PAINT

IT GIVES THE PIECE AN OLDER MORE DISTRESSED

LOOK THAN LATEX. DO I LIKE THE PRICE OF

THE PAINT NO. I DON'T THINK THAT IT WENT

AS FAR AS IT SHOULD BUT I DO HAVE SOME

MORE TESTERS IN DIFFERENT COLORS WHICH

I AM GOING TO TRY ON OTHER PIECES SO I

WILL SEE IF MY OPINION CHANGES ON THAT.

AND THEN I AM GOING TO TRY TO WHIP UP

MY OWN DIY VERSION OF THE PAINT AND GIVE

THAT A TRY. DO A COMPARISON OF THE TWO.

SO HERE IS MY AFTER...

LOVE THE WAY THE BLUE CAME THROUGH

WITH THE DISTRESSING!

TIME TO RUN. HOPE YOU LIKE IT!

STAY TUNED FOR MORE TRIALS.