How do I crackle paint wood?
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Hi Gale, here's a great tutorial that will show you how - https://www.wikihow.com/Crackle-Paint
Hi Gail, It's a chemical reaction! You have to use a base coat and then apply the varnish that has an effect on the under paint, or vice versa!
Here's a post that shows you how:
https://www.hometalk.com/diy/decorate/walls/crackle-paint-technique-28142473
Crackle Paint Technique
Hello. Ive purchase a crackle medium on Amazon that had wonderful fine smallish crackled results, but some do use white glue as mentioned above.
Apply Annie Sloan paint on very thick and take a hair dryer to it! It will crackle! Also you can buy products just for crackling paint here is one that I really like!
https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Masters-DP601-32-Crackle-32-Ounce/dp/B000I1QDBQ/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=crackle+paint&qid=1584545871&sr=8-4