Furnishings

DIY Antiquing for White Furniture

Antiquing makes furniture look older by coordinating the finish with tones of yellow, brown, gray or black, as if the paint has aged and become discolored over time. Achieve the look by using a tinted glaze over white painted furniture or your choice of stain.

Place a plastic sheeting on a surface that is smooth. Set atop the tarp.

Sand the areas you wish to antique with a sandpaper. Sand softly enough. It will increase the outdated or distressed look of the piece, if a number of the white paint wears thin. Wipe the dust particles away using a tack cloth.

Pour some of this stain whilst wearing rubber gloves or glaze into a container.

In case you’re using stain; then dip a rag rub the stain such as the surface of a table, over one face of the furniture. Apply the glaze with a paintbrush or foam brush if utilizing glaze.

Allow the stain or glaze to set for a moment or 2 rub it away with a clean rag. Once the rag becomes too wet in 1 area as you remove more of the stain or replace the rag if it becomes bloated rotate the rag.

Apply glaze or stain to other surfaces including a table or chair legs, on the project piece, rubbing the liquid away it with a rag after a moment or 2.

Create some worm holes that are faux or insect marks by dipping the tip of brush or a paintbrush into the stain or glaze flicking the bristles. Little droplets on the finish of this stain or glaze as dark dots. This effect is most evident with a medium- or dark-colored stain or glaze.

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