Prep the surface by cleaning it real well with a lint free brush and sanding with a fine grit sandpaper.
Chalk painting a dining room table.
I mostly worked on it during the evening hours whenever i had time and it took me about 3 weeks.
A few unexpected places you can use chalk paint is on kitchen cabinets walls trim floors and upholstery.
Use a bristle brush or round brush to apply the chalk paint.
How to chalk paint a table top to last.
I have personally used chalk paint on all three of the surfaces and i m here to say it worked beautifully on each one.
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I did end up needing three coats of the white and two coats of the grey to cover the dark wood and black finishes.
Instead of using the annie sloan clear wax to seal the top of the table i tried out this clear polycrylic protective finish.
I used annie sloan chalk paint in pure white on the top of the table and paris grey on the bottom 2 coats of each.
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Brush on thin even coats of chalky finish paint.
It ended up taking me quite a bit longer because i was constantly having to stop and start.
You don t need to prime the surface with chalk paint and a lot of the time it s supposed to take a single coat.
Apply the painters tape around the edges if needed.