How to Use Glaze on Furniture

A few important things: This piece was painted first with 2 coats of General Finishes Antique White Milk Paint. GF Milk Paint has some sheen – meaning the glaze is able to move around on the piece and not be immediately absorbed by the paint.  If you are using chalk paint, you MUST seal it first before applying glaze; otherwise, you won’t be able to work the glaze to your liking. 

When you first apply the glaze, it looks like a mess. Don’t worry – keep going. The contrast on this piece is also pretty extreme – with the white paint and the black glaze.  

You can use a spray bottle, or a damp rag/cloth to move it around a bit more.  

Use Krud Kutter to remove the glaze in unwanted spots and lighten it back to the original paint. Remember, with all water based products, if you don’t like the finish you can always let it dry and paint over it.  

GF glaze should be sealed with a topcoat. I used High Performance Top Coat-Flat. I wasn’t really too worried about the legs so those didn’t get a topcoat. 

This all-over glaze finish was fun to do, and I hope it gives you some confidence the next time you’d like to add a additional layer to your painted furniture. 

For examples of less contrasty glaze, check out my blog post.

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Be sure to check out this video tutorial on how to glaze painted furniture where I demo on this simple antique table.