Simple to follow barnwood paint effect tutorial!

Hello to all the rustic mannequin furniture, welcome to the second

tutorial

that I am going to do. Today's

tutorial

is pins. In fact, I could write the first one copying shoes of a different color and we will do it on a piece of furniture, so we are going to change this side table, so let's start with the materials that we are going to use for this project, we are going to use two based stains of oil, both are Minwax band and the other one is dark walnut and the other one is classic gray, we are going to use an off-white latex

paint

and we are also going to use a latex

paint

and a water dilution.

Now, the amounts to be diluted should take one cup. of water to a tablespoon and a half of paint, mix them together and you really need it, the consistency of half and half cream. The next thing we will use is a couple of brushes to apply the stain and then We will need a brush to apply the paint and the diluted paint mixture. I'll go over what type of brush you need for the paint, but the ones for applying the stain are any old brush that will work fine, so the first thing we're going to do. we're going to do, we're going to get our classic gray, we dip the brush in it and this is a technique I like to call putting it on like a three year old, you're literally going to drop these things anywhere randomly that you can. look what I'm doing here there are gaps, this is not a smooth finish with that still wet, let's take a brush and rub it into the nut point.

I'm going to fill in any of the spaces that you see there, so basically anywhere on this wood that doesn't have any of the gray stain that we're going to fill in with the Warner dot, now that we've got everything pretty much covered and it looks like a tortoise shell , take one of your clean rags and you're literally going to mix these two colors together, now you're not going to end up with a big, mushy old color, because if the dye is originally applied when you apply it on that run, it's going to stay, so that the brown will stay where it is.

Brown is the gray and it's going to stay where the gray is, so I'm going to show you this again real quick, so yeah, stain technique from three years ago, apply a little bit of gray and fill in some of the worn out spaces that we didn't do. . use it with the gray, get your fabric and just mix it all up. There was a little bit that didn't fit there, so I just applied a little bit of gray there. We're going to cover the entire project with this finish, so we're going to do all that first, now, next, we're going to take a diluted paint mixture and you can see how it runs off the brush there and that's what I was going to talk to you about this brush that I am using for this. literally one of those really really cheap useless brushes that will probably cost you about a dollar and the reason it's good for this type of finish is because the bristles are quite far apart so you can see me here turning the finish dial on paint on it.

It has a comb

effect

and that's really good. This is what we want because we want the paint to absorb into some parts and not others, so I'm going to brush it all over and then I'm going to take one of the rags and mix it up. Now this diluted paint

effect

has the effect of drying out what's underneath quite quickly, so you'll have to work in small areas so you can see. I'm doing like a leg or a leg and a half and then blending that in by going over some areas that weren't taken, you can see what this is doing and it's also toning down the tone of the stain underneath and that's what we want.

When wood ages and wears and the sun bleaches it, it becomes lighter, so this is what this whitewashing effect is doing to the stain. I'll quickly show you this process again, but just on the table we're going to dip the brush into the lime mixture, wipe off the excess, add a clean cloth and then mix as you can see. I'm doing it here always going in the direction of the grain and mixing as I go once everything is complete. Now we are going to do a dry brush effect, this is what will give the effect of all those worn ridges on the wood, so you will take the same brush, gently dip it into the latex paint, remove the excess and brush on.

Really very slightly exaggerated now some people have said everything you know. I'm not sure about that or I wasn't sure if you could do this in one process without letting things dry in between, but what had done the lime effect is it actually dried out the oil finish that was underneath. , so it's perfectly fine to go over it so you can see what I'm doing here removing any excess and then dragging it slightly and I do this a few times because I want to build. Increase color in some areas and not in others. People say to me, "Well, how much paint do I have on my brush now?

If you've ever made a stencil and stamped a drawing, I would say that's how much paint you want on the brush, so you'll see there, dip it gently, remove any excess and then go in the direction of the green, very, very gently. I'm barely touching this board, but just enough to put a little bit of paint on and then what I'm doing with the fabric here. It's just using it to remove the really rough edges. There's going to be some parts that look a little nasty. We're going to treat them at the end with some sandpaper, as you can see That part on the right, I mean, they're not very good. right now, but we're still going to smooth that out later, we're going to get the final pieces on the side, mixing them in as we go and then here I'm just going over the whole thing to see if there are any areas that might need a little more. of white.

The whiter the dry brushing, the better the effect, although you should be careful not to do too much. Now remember when I said earlier that we were going to separate any nasty pieces. What I have here is a piece of sixty grit sandpaper and I'm going to go over anything that looks too rough or too stiff just by blending it in once you're happy with the final effect. everything is done, just something to remember, you need to let this dry for 24 hours before applying a clear coat, so here we go, this is how we achieve a distressed barn wood finish on a piece of furniture.

I'm Amanda and this has been a tutorial on half of the rustic furniture with ducts thank you very much for watching bye