All New Shabby Chic Thread!

jcr16

vicki your unit is fab, but how on earth did you sand in beteen all the little bits of the detail? i've seen units like this for sale locally very cheap but never thought i'd be able to sand it , as i'm quite impaitent,lol.

xxvickixx

jcr16 wrote: »

vicki your unit is fab, but how on earth did you sand in beteen all the little bits of the detail? i've seen units like this for sale locally very cheap but never thought i'd be able to sand it , as i'm quite impaitent,lol.

Lol - I though everyone knew what a lazy mare I was by now:o

I used International wipe on Multi surface primer!

shirlgirl2004

Vicki, how many coats of paint do you do and how long do you leave between coats? You paint so quickly!

jcr16

lol, trust me i can be very lazy. once i start a project i like it finished within a few min's.

so this wipe on stuff, does it come in like a pack of wipes and you wipe it over then can paint ? or is it a paint your put on with brush ? just so i know what i'm looking for in b&Q. might get a few jobs finished if i can cheat a little,lol.

xxvickixx

This unit took 4 coats, I left 4 hours between coats as per the tin but quite often it was longer. I didn't sand between coats for this one as the brush marks were minimal and I'm going to be distressing a bit anyway so will do it all at the end.

P.S. I did start out SCing with such good intentions of doing it properly but I really hurt my finger with the power sander and I have been too cowardly to use it again!

xxvickixx

I only bought it because it was £5 a tin on clearance in B&Q. It wipes on with a cloth and you wipe of 5 mins earlier.
It's in a red tin, it does say though not to use with water based paint but it seems fine and a few people online have reported great results with water based so I gave it a go.
Go back a few pages for the full detailed analysis!

danemi1

still waiting on esp to arrive - and tghere you are - you have finished it - wow wow wow and it looks lovely - have spent 5 hours in a and e today - daughter broke her foot whilst playing at soft play place - it took 5 HOURS to get seen and sorted out - am absolteuly pooped - now looking for mini wheelchair as too small for crutches and physio recommended one - we drove to red cross place to find due to unforseen circs it was shut - aaagh - trying again tomorrow

xxvickixx

Oh no Danemi, your poor DD, how do you break a foot at soft play? Hope she is OK x

danemi1

fell off the small climbing wall and just landed wrong but have just found out that quite a few children have done the same there!!

maman

I was wondering with the corner unit whether some pleated fabric would look good behind the glass?