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Location: South East Texas | RuggedChica,
you could go any direction on those. I would give the pieces a good cleaning with a wet rag first. Let that dry...then come back and just lightly sand by hand, before painting. Paint them whatever color you like....and instead of "sanding down" to the white...just leave some of it showing...instead of painting completely over the white. Or...you could antique the white with a little brown paint and a wet sea sponge. A little paint goes a long ways like that. you could even do that after you mod podged the pictures on them..and antique those as well with the brown. Almost like a tea dye affect. And when I say tiny amount...I mean....a dot the size of a pencil eraser on the wet sponge...then act like your wiping it down. you can adjust the amount by using a clean area of your sponge to take some off....or put a little more paint on if it's not what you want. You can do that too after you paint with a color if you so choose. Acrylic craft paints work well for that. |
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Location: South East Texas | Ok Office Depot and Walgreens were both a flop on getting a poster made. Walmart however is a go. :) and cheaper. |
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Location: South East Texas | Anyone hit any thrift stores, yard sales or flea markets this weekend and make any finds? |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | thejerseylilly2000 - 2013-04-21 10:44 AM Anyone hit any thrift stores, yard sales or flea markets this weekend and make any finds?
I love looking at all of your pictures as it makes me want to start doing something crafty again.
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Location: South East Texas | Go for it then. Don't wait...I find if I wait I will never do it. Even if you don't have alot of time to work on something....an hour here or there and soon it will be finished. I literally have to MAKE myself do the prep work....after that's done it's all fun stuff :) |
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Location: Belvidere,SD | I want to redo my old bedroom set and it is handmade. I would like to do it in a light blue or turq. finish. How does chalk paint work? |
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Location: MT | Thanks jerseylily!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will post pics once I get around to doing it. I also have a church pew on my front porch that I will be doing once I figure out what the heck color I want on it!. |
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Location: South East Texas | Poster size is 24x36. |
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Location: South East Texas | Speedy Dr Pepper - 2013-04-22 9:13 AM I want to redo my old bedroom set and it is handmade. I would like to do it in a light blue or turq. finish. How does chalk paint work?
You go get whatever color of flat latex paint you want (paint dept home depot, lowes walmart etc) ....a quart goes a long long ways. buy a box of plaster of paris (comes in like a milk carton at Home depot) I take out a cup of paint instead of mixing all of the whole quart. for every cup of paint you take 2 tblsp of plaster of paris...and mix just enough water in it to mix it up...then add that to the paint and mix well. Then paint your piece. Supposedly your not supposed to have to sand it at all. But I would lightly sand it by hand with 150 grit paper. Wipe the dust off with a damp towel and then paint. Finish with either a wax (which I haven't tried yet but alot do it that way) or you can finish with minwax water based sealer...either gloss or satin finish.
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Location: in the middle of backwoods iowa | Seeing this dresser you did inspired my ideas for one my cousin is working on for me.
The first pic is inspiration, then my before and a during. still trying to find the cross I want to finish it.
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Location: South East Texas | Looking good!!! If your after that particular cross....I got it at Walmart. It's a screen printing stencil. Worked great. And you just stick it on and paint...peel off and wash with warm water and it remains sticky for use after use.
Also looks like you have a pretty neat little stash of furniture there ;)
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Location: The stix of Utah | I bought a couple of antique doors that I am going to turn in to wall decorations. However, I was told by the lady that they were taken from a 100+ year old home and that she couldn't guaranty that it wasn't lead based paint on the doors. Have you ever removed lead based paint? What precautions do I need to take? How hard is it to do? Here are my old doors and what I am going to make...
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Location: South East Texas | I did do one door. And I was fairly sure there was lead based paint on it as well. The paint on it however was curled up and peeling off. So I scraped as much as I could off. Sanded it as little as possibly needed by hand wearing a mask and vacuuming up any dust afterwards. Then prime with KILZ. Then paint.
Do some research on your own about painting over lead paint. I surely wouldn't want you to do anything harmful based soley on my advice. I think Home Depot carries a small kit you can test to see if paint is lead based. That might be your first step. Then go from there.
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Location: Belvidere,SD | thejerseylilly2000 - 2013-04-22 12:13 PM Speedy Dr Pepper - 2013-04-22 9:13 AM I want to redo my old bedroom set and it is handmade. I would like to do it in a light blue or turq. finish. How does chalk paint work? You go get whatever color of flat latex paint you want (paint dept home depot, lowes walmart etc) ....a quart goes a long long ways. buy a box of plaster of paris (comes in like a milk carton at Home depot) I take out a cup of paint instead of mixing all of the whole quart. for every cup of paint you take 2 tblsp of plaster of paris...and mix just enough water in it to mix it up...then add that to the paint and mix well. Then paint your piece. Supposedly your not supposed to have to sand it at all. But I would lightly sand it by hand with 150 grit paper. Wipe the dust off with a damp towel and then paint. Finish with either a wax (which I haven't tried yet but alot do it that way) or you can finish with minwax water based sealer...either gloss or satin finish.
so I should sand it before painting? I will try the small nightstand first, maybe this weekend I will get to it. thanks!!! love all your posts! |
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Location: the fantasy txdad married | What an awesome thread  |
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Location: Arkansas | Did you stain, paint and stencil a door into a sign a while ago?? That has inspired me to stain, paint and stencil some kitchen cabinets...someday... |
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Location: the fantasy txdad married | Hope she doesn't mind...this is the dresser jerseyfilly is doing with the picture on it...LOVE IT!!!!! OMG!
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Location: South East Texas | Ok ya'll....the moment of truth has arrived. I think it was totally worth it. It's not finished....I have to do all the coats of mod podge over the picture....and then coats of sealer.....but this was just a blast to do. If you haven't seen the rest of this thread folks....go back to the beginning and you'll see all the other posts leading up to these photos. Thanks ya'll.....this thread is fun for me to being able to share.
First I measured and measured and remeasured before cutting the poster.
Then I lightly sanded the edges of the poster before putting it on the drawers.
I put a good coat of mod podge on....then laid the piece in place on each drawer...one at a time. Making sure there were no air bubbles under neath....just rub them out. quickly.
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Location: the fantasy txdad married | ha ha, I got excited and posted before you. Sorry!
wish you were closer, would love this done to my antique dresser :) |
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