How to Paint Furniture With Velvet Finishes - No Sand, No Wax Paint

by Kellie from Design Asylum Blog
(IC: blogger)
How to paint furniture with Velvet Finishes!
I get a lot of emails from people who are new to painting furniture. It's so cool that they are interested in trying out Velvet Finishes!
But many of them are scared.
They are afraid they are going to 'mess up' a piece of furniture. They are afraid it's going to be too hard. They are afraid they won't like it after they are done.
It's. So. Easy.
I reassure them with two my two very deep statements and sentiments:
It's only paint.
And...
Painting furniture with Velvet Finishes is so easy, even I can do it!
http://www.velvetfinishes.com
I get a lot of emails from people who are new to painting furniture. It's so cool that they are interested in trying out Velvet Finishes!
But many of them are scared.
They are afraid they are going to 'mess up' a piece of furniture. They are afraid it's going to be too hard. They are afraid they won't like it after they are done.
It's. So. Easy.
I reassure them with two my two very deep statements and sentiments:
It's only paint.
And...
Painting furniture with Velvet Finishes is so easy, even I can do it!
http://www.velvetfinishes.com
See? I told you! Look how gorgeous!
This poor piece had seen better days.
The Accomplice prepped the piece by simply spraying the Ready product on the wood, allowing it to sit for about a minute, then wiping off. We did not sand, as there is no need usually (99 times out of 100), when using Ready. Ready is an incredibly easy way to prepare furniture for painting. Yay!!
Once completely dry, I came back with an oil-based Sharpie in metallic gold and traced the grooves. I use the medium point, as I find the fine point is too soft for working with wood many times. These are available at tons of places but I purchased mine at Office Depot.
After all the painting was done, I did a quick coat of Protect, our awesome polyacrylic, added new hardware and called it a day.
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Published December 7th, 2015 8:42 PM
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Susan Lamb Laudenslager on Sep 20, 2018
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