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?

[ChippingInHopHopHop]

I'd be interested to see what you think when you've finished. I can't picture country grey & duck egg together. I was actually going to give it a go today, but I'm out of CG. Typical! I had a look on the colour charts and it's not a combo I'd do - but then I have a limited imagination

Alicia how long ago did you paint it?

[aliciaflorrick]

I did it about six months ago now, so not long, but I did a pew that's in the hall and gets bashed about a lot with shoes, dog leads and bags and that's still looking good. Seems very resilient.

The dresser my friend did with green car paint is a couple of years old now, it's stunning. She got a great finish on it.

[ChippingInHopHopHop]

Alicia - did you do anything to prepare the pieces before painting them? What finish were they?

[aliciaflorrick]

I roughly sanded the top of the dresser, but only because it was 17 years old so had ring marks and a build up of wax on it. I left the doors and the sides and just wiped them down with a damp cloth first. The pew I just washed down so it was clear of dust.

I used the paint very sparingly, painted a thin layer and made sure the brush went in the same direction each time. Once dried I did exactly the same again. When the second coat was dry I lightly distressed it with a fine sand paper and then I waxed. It was the waxing I had the most trouble with and in the end painted it on lightly with a brush and then buffed off with a soft duster, I also had some fine wire wool which I ran over the top of it just to help with the distressed finish.

It's an old pine dresser which I was going to chuck but this has given it a new lease of life and just with a tiny drop of magnolia emulsion. I've done a few things with the magnolia now, did the dining room chairs to match the dresser and the pew in the hallway. All have come out really well, but depending on the colour of the wood underneath different final colours. The pew and the dresser had originally been waxed but the chairs were varnished. I prefer the effect of the paint on top of the waxed furniture.

The wax I used had a dark stain to it which I think has helped to add character. I'm going to try it on a pine chest of drawers in the bedroom next but am going to use a pale blue emulsion left over from decorating DCs bedrooms.

[ggirl]

chipping -you've got me worried now, what colour would you put with country grey ?

[ggirl]

CG is a lot more yellow toned than I thought it would be

haven't opened the duck egg yet so can still change my mind
and have some old white that i could mix into the DE

[ChippingInHopHopHop]

Alicia - that sounds fab. A little more labour intensive maybe, but most certainly cheaper!! What problems did you have with the wax? I wonder if the wax is what is stopping it peeling/flaking as you would expect it to? Or actually - re-reading, maybe it was the fact that the bigger pieces were waxed first?!

ggirl - sorry :( As I said, I lack imagination and if the person in the shop suggested it, I'm sure it will be lovely. I have just gone and got my colour sheets out and I think the Country Grey has been changed more recently as it looks less beigey now and more grey?? Really, I'm sure it will be lovely. In the past I have used all the whites with it, I prefer the 'old white'. I have also used aubusson, old violet, provence and probably some others in drawers/cupboards with CG on the outside.

I am meant to be doing other things tomorrow, but you are making me want to skive and paint instead

[ChippingInHopHopHop]

Hmm - just read your last post, maybe it hasn't changed then. I'll just go and have a look at the colour wheel... back in a mo.

[ggirl]

I'm wondering about changing it to provence

[ChippingInHopHopHop]

From the colour wheel I would say that Burgundy would go well with it.

Do you have tester pots or 1l pots?

[ChippingInHopHopHop]

I have 3 colour sheets and the colour wheel - and annoyingly the colours of CG & provence are quite different on each. Considering they are actual paint, not print, on the colour sheets, that's disturbing!

Which shop did you buy it from?

[ggirl]

thomas and lucia in christchurch

The room the bookcase is going in is painted a pale duck egg blue ..so not keen on burgundy

[ChippingInHopHopHop]

Was it Sue that suggested it?

I wouldn't use Provence if the room is DEB.

They do the classes and that there, so I'm sure they know what they're talking about. I bet it will look lovely. When are you going to be able to do it?

[ggirl]

don't know the name of the girl that helped
am doing it tomorrow....eeeeek

[ggirl]

do you now the shop?

[ChippingInHopHopHop]

Just do it :) I'm sure it will look lovely and the good thing about this paint is, that if you don't like it, you just whack another coat over the top! :)

I have only been there once about a year ago, but I have also spoken to a woman on the phone, I'm pretty sure her name was Sue and she seemed to know her stuff :)

[ggirl]

I will , will post a pic when it's fiinshed

[ChippingInHopHopHop]

I am so very tempted to start painting now, but I know that in this light it would look awful in the morning! I need some better lighting!! I could do some waxing, but that's boring!

[ChippingInHopHopHop]

Oh lovely, Annie Sloan Porn

[ggirl]

Chipping-can I paint over if it's already waxed?

When i applied the clear wax to the cupboard door some paint has come off..bit too distressed for my liking tbh.

[ggirl]

chipping- country grey and duck egg look great together !!!

[ChippingInHopHopHop]

Sorry - got somewhat embroiled in a fast moving thread that wouldn't let up today

Yes, you can paint over the wax. (You don't need to do anything to it, just put the paint on top of it).

FAB - :) Sorry I worried you about it last night!! I wonder if the CG has changed tone since my last tin??

I'm looking forward to the photo

[ChippingInNeedsSleepAndCoffee]

Still waiting

[ggirl]

sorry ,still have to finish waxing it yet , I'm waxing with a t-shirt and a soft bristle brush and am going through loads of wax , nearly finished one of the half tins already!
will make more of an effort tomorrow

[ChippingInNeedsSleepAndCoffee]

I'm not confessing as to how long things can sit around here unwaxed, it's my least favorite part! I was only bumping the thread really to see how you were getting on! :)

Tomorrow I am going to put the second coat of wax on a chest of drawers and a side table and I am going to put the first coat of paint on a HUGE side cabinet thingy.

if I don't procrastinate again

I need a studio really, trying to do it all in the house is a bloody nightmare, but everytime I look at renting a place it seems like a hassle to have to go somewhere else to do it instead of doing it at home & I can't do it in the garage and I can't extend or anything useful like that, sadly!!

I need to win the lottery then a whole heap of problems could be solved