Shabby Chic; Volume III

jumblejack

Steve, I measure by eye, judging the volume by eye.

You could alway use an old jar to measure roughly
Half a jar of pop, half a jar of hot water, mix together, one and a half jar of emulsion.

Pooky

Is it just me or do these little table legs look like chocolate flakes?

chalkysoil

had a thought this morning - I bought a varnished pine table years ago, stripped it and waxed it. Then chalk painted it a year or so ago with no stain blocker and it hasn't shown any brown blotches from knots ( yet).

A dresser I bought from a factory in raw pine and dark waxed myself and then years later chalk painted & waxed has got loads of light brown blotches showing through the white. At the moment it looks antique and picturesque but I suppose it will become vile in time - what would be the best treatment when I redo it? Can Blackfriars go on to wax?

emma_kate

chalkysoil wrote: »

had a thought this morning - I bought a varnished pine table years ago, stripped it and waxed it. Then chalk painted it a year or so ago with no stain blocker and it hasn't shown any brown blotches from knots ( yet).

A dresser I bought from a factory in raw pine and dark waxed myself and then years later chalk painted & waxed has got loads of light brown blotches showing through the white. At the moment it looks antique and picturesque but I suppose it will become vile in time - what would be the best treatment when I redo it? Can Blackfriars go on to wax?

Yes it can. I used it on my waxed mule chest. It's great stuff.

Sometimes you can get away with doing nothing, especially modern factory lacquered pine (think Argos) so long as you don't sand that lacquer too much. Perhaps the piece that you stripped had absorbed some of the original protection. I don't know. But I would rather be safe than sorry. It can take years to come through...

I have an old farmhouse table that I intend to paint the legs of in a VERY rustic way. I will probably not treat the knots on this as if they bleed through, I hope it will add to the general knackered look of the table.

steve_2012

jumblejack wrote: »

Steve, I measure by eye, judging the volume by eye.

You could alway use an old jar to measure roughly
Half a jar of pop, half a jar of hot water, mix together, one and a half jar of emulsion.

i didnt have a problem with the measure as such, what was confusing me was the 1 of POP and how this one was produced, which as it turns out is one of dry POP no matter what the water content is.
what was bothering me was it was stated to mix the POP one for one with water which then mathematically wise doubles the amount although in practice it hardly changes the amount ie: 15ml of water + 15ml of powder POP doesn't equal 30ml, it is still only 15ml ish, this is where the 3:1 ratio was bothering me.

(quote) "You could alway use an old jar to measure roughly
Half a jar of pop, half a jar of hot water, mix together, one and a half jar of emulsion"
i was thinking this would not be 3:1 as there is the 1/2 a jar of POP and the 1/2 jar of water, but now ive done it i realise that 2 x 1/2 doesnt equal one in this case.
im over thinking again

steve_2012

Pooky wrote: »

Is it just me or do these little table legs look like chocolate flakes?

there twigs tied in to a sturdy wire frame.
it is an odd looking thing which was just too play with.
the foreman now wants it a different colour :mad: and wants it in the loo :eek:
after distressing it she likes it but heavily suggested maybe try another colour, i re sanded and im in the process of doing a second colour.
what she really means is try several colours so at the end she can say " i still really prefer F+B oxford stone". oh the joys

Seakay

3 of paint to 1 of pop AND 1 of water

so

1 of pop + 1 of water mixed, then add to 3 of paint

If you are starting from the paint amount then in the case of 75ml paint:

25ml of pop + 25ml water mixed together

Add the mixture to the paint and mix.

Easy measure - get a jam jar and pour 25ml water into it. Mark the level with permanent marker or a piece of tape.

Pour away the water and dry the jar thoroughly - in a cooling oven is most thorough

Use your jar to measure your pop.

Add the measured pop to a mixing container.

Use jar to measure warm water.

Add water to pop and mix thoroughly.

Add paint gradually to mixture, mixing thoroughly

You have chalk paint!

If you think it's too thick to use then add a little extra cold water at this stage and mix in

Keli

ignore post please x

Keli

I purchassed some bedside cabinets from ebay as I wanted to paint them cream, hubby thought I was mad when I brought them home but after sanding them down and priming them and painting cream I love the end result as does hubby.

I was thinking of changing handles to glass ones but I quite like the originals now its finished.

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Keli

Keli wrote: »

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This is one in situ in my bedroom