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Chalk paint metal bed frame.
The ratio will be 1 cup of chalk paint to a 1 4 cup of water.
A tip when painting metal or anything super smooth with chalk paint.
Maybe add 20 to 25 to your paint.
2 we were going to buy new bedroom furniture.
Remove chipping paint and or rust from the frame with fine grit sandpaper or a metal brush.
Take some scratch pad for dishes and scrub the metal fairly well.
Poster king bed frame redo.
Spray the frame with a metal paint primer.
Allow the primer to dry completely before moving on to the next step.
We ended up buying this great product by zinus deepak.
Thin your paint with water.
It does not matter the unit of measure just keep this ratio the same.
It is a metal frame.
Use slow sweeping motions with the spray can and avoid heavy coats that make drips.
When one surface is dry flip the pieces and spray the other side.
Scuff up the entire frame to help the primer adhere better.
You will apply it just the same as you would if you didn t water down the paint.
One of the great benefits of chalk paint is that you don t need to prime before you use it which considering how many bars the bed has was a considerable advantage.
It dries fairly quickly so you can re coat it in a short time.
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So if you are chalk painting on a metal desk or on metal outdoor furniture i would water down the paint.
Then applied a white wash with old white chalk paint and waxed with clear soft wax and dark soft wax again.
Painted with coco chalk paint by annie sloan then dark soft wax.
If painting light to moderately used indoor metal surfaces think wall sconces bed frames or guest room night tables go with water based acrylic paint a cheaper 15 to 40 per gallon.
To begin the process of chalk painting on metal i will water down my paint if i need to.
So if you had 1 cup of paint you could add up to 1 4 cup of water.
The alternative i was thinking about was metal spray paint and not only would that need primer first but it seemed i would need quite a few cans to get decent coverage so i thought it might work out a lot more expensive.
Which type of chalk paint.
3 why not use chalk paint.
Diy chalk paint bed frame.
In the past i ve used annie sloan chalk paint and it works incredibly well and drys fast.