annie sloan calk paint , anyone used it ?

[ggirl]

I bought a bookcase and want to paint it , this stuff you apparently don't need to use a primer.
I used it to pain my fireplace which worked out well .

Anyone used it?

Don't know if anyone slese does this but I have just seen about 10 items on Downton Abbey I'd like to 'Sloan'!

I'm glad it's not just me! I found myself wondering which F and B shade a wall was!

phoenix - so long as your 6 month old doesn't start with the 'text talk' it's all good :)

What have you decided/done this week??? (I'm definitely living vicariously IRT AS as I can't paint at the minute!).

Skye What the hell is it? I have never known that to happen - never.

I am shocking for thinking 'Hmm that would look good in 'colour of the moment' :) Not on Downton though as I really, really dislike period drama

How are things going Nep?

ok AS girls I need your opinion.
I've bought a small walnut chest of drawers that I was planning in painting but now I have collected it is seems a shame to paint over the lovely walnut ...But the oak floor and walnut clash and it bothers me.
What do you think?

pic on profile for your judgement

was planning on old ochre

I think it would look lovely in OO....and even better if you got some new knobs on!!! Go for it!

chipping i sprayed half a can of shellac primer and it worked! not so much underneath but not worried about that!

yeh it would look great in OO..am very tempted
i quite like the knobs it has but not sure whether it would look better with knobs painted or not?

ggirl - it's lovely - it will look fan-tab-u-lous painted :)

OO will be fine, though I think a darker colour would look even better - but one of the great things about this paint is that it's so easy to layer the paint (ie change your mind!!).

It's hard to see the 'knobs' are they actually the circles that hang down? I like those and imo look good painted and unpainted - or painted and wiped back immediately and drastically.

Sky - brilliant!! At last :)

oh good , so you agree it will look better painted on the wooden floor?

what darker colour would you paint it?

I have country grey,duck egg,oo and oldwhite

ggirl absolutely and I say that as someone who actually loves wood as well, sometimes I see pieces people have painted and I want to cry - they were so much nicer as they were! But the piece you have will look so much nicer painted and that's without considering your wooden floor that it 'clashes' with!

It's hard to say what colour to paint is as I don't know your house, but, if I was going on the piece alone I would say it would look great in any of the dark colours really... french grey, aubusson, old violet, olive... as well as the strong light ones like greek blue. It is a good size for a striking colour! However, if you want to put it somewhere that would suit OO it will be lovely in that too... It's a nice shape for a dual colour with a bit of rubbing back too or even a very very tiny bit of dark wax to hightlight the shape.

the room it will be in is painted a very pale duck egg blue.
cream /white and beige furniture and stuff
I think I'll paint it OO with some dark wax ...eeek I have never used the daark wax before!

So.....putting another question to you all, I currently have acquired a lot of spare bits of furniture do to my painting passion, where can I sell them apart from ebay or gumtree? I don't think1 Etsy has much selling success I just want to break even if you get me

sorry no idea sky - am sure someone will come along with a fab idea

ok have removed the handles as two are broken anyway...shame i like them
any ideas of nice replacements?

just bought a massive pine frame mirror for £20 from The Range , think I might craqueleure it...

Sorry - I've been out all day since I last posted!

I think given where it's going, that will be perfect :) With the dark wax, the best way to do it is small areas at a time, but the clear wax on and the dark wax straight away, wipe away as much as you want to, if enough wont come off, then use a cloth with clear wax on it to take it off. Worse comes to the worst you can re-paint a bit of it.

Ebay 'knobs' (make sure no children are present!!) lots & lots of lovely choices!! I love the roman numerals myself!

thanks chipping , water marks now showing through on top of chest despite three coats , I am goning to have to try and disguise with waxing malarky

sky , there may be a facebook buying and selling page near you, there is one in my town called Shabby chic (name of town)

ggirl did you prime it before, it's maddening when it comes through isn't it? I was gutted. There's a spray from B&Q you can get called Zinsser BIN lots of AS folks use it. If the waxing doesn't work (it might) clear varnish then repaint?

I haven't waxed it yet , can I put this zinsser on now , put another coat on then wax?

ggirl - water marks??

yes..I didn't really notice them before I painted cos it looked like the wood pattern but it's come through the paint

It really shouldn't?! Have you watered down the paint? I just can't imagine anything coming through 3 coats of undiluted paint?!

Are you using the Old Ochre?

no not watered down