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Grab whatever piece of furniture you want to paint and start sanding it down. Do this on every piece of furniture you want to paint, even if it's laminate; it preps the surface for painting.
Wipe down any dust caused by sanding the item.
Here is where you can begin customizing your piece. First you will be laying down a base coat in the color of your choice. This will be the underlying color of the grain. You can use any color you want! Be sure to use a paint that has primer in it so that it adheres to the surface well.
Once the base coat has dried it is time to mix the top paint layer. You can also use whatever color you choose for the top coat. I decided to give a slightly white washed feel so I used white paint. First pour a bit of white paint into a cup or bowl.
Then mix in a clear glaze. You need a glaze top for the technique to work. Glaze takes longer to dry and gives you time to create the grain texture. Mix the paint and glaze at a ration of 1:4. (One part paint to 4 parts glaze).
I decided the white was too stark in contrast to the dark gray so I decided to add a bit of the original color to make a lighter gray as the top coat color.
Brush a layer of your paint and glaze mix on top of the base coat. Do this with a dry bristle brush making sure it isn't super thick or saturated.
Grab your handy-dandy and awesome wood graining tool ( ) and drag one side through the glaze/paint mix. This will really just create some lines through the paint.
Now is the fun part! Using your wood grain tool drag the curved edge through the glaze/paint mixture wobbling it back and forth as you go to create the grains. Don't wobble it too much or it will look unnatural. Once your done, and happy with how it looks, let it dry.
This also comes with a small piece that helps get in the smaller nooks and crannies of the drawer.
Here is a before and after of the piece I painted. The drawers on the right were not touched because I'm not going to use them.
Look at all that grain! I think I may have gone a bit overboard, but it is so fun to watch the grain come to life!
The wood graining tool I bought came with a small piece as well that helped to get in the smaller nooks and crannies of the drawer. I would highly suggest getting one that has the same.
This thing really looks like a stained piece of wood. It is actually a laminate covered particle board piece, so it's pretty impressive!
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I didn't get a video.
Can this be done on kitchen cabinets ?
That's turned out gorgeous
could this also be done on the lower 1/2 of a wall to look like wains coating?
I would think the most important thing is to make sure you aren't using paint that is too thin it would drip since it is going to be painted while vertical. (Those darn walls not wanting to let you turn them on their side) that would look absolutely beautiful I bet!