DIY Chalk Paint and How to Paint Furniture

I have this console table for a long time. It`s beautiful piece with curved structure, long legs and beautiful carvings, but I never liked the dark color.

On the other hand, I always lacked time to fix it. All that sanding, priming and painting takes too long. Chalk paint is perfect for avoiding all that and finishing the job quickly. But there is no such paint here, ordering takes too long and/or it is very expensive.

So I done some research on the internet of how to make a DIY  chalk paint, and I found that the best results can be achieved by using calcium carbonate. Just mix one part of calcium carbonate with a little water, add two parts of paint, stir well and you are ready to go. 

Calcium carbonate is not easy to find, but it is worth the effort. Paint made ​​with it is nice and easy to apply, and if you don`t use all at once, you can leave it for another project. With other versions of DIY Chalk Paint this is not possible, because the paint becomes unusable. 

Another advantage of this DIY Chalk paint is it dries very quickly. I finished this project for a couple of hours. Just the thing for me, always impatient! 

I painted the console twice, sand it and then ended it with a layer of clear wax and dark patina (to make the be carvings more striking). Of course, I didn`t paint the marble part. 

Ovaj konzolni stočić imam jako dugo. To je lep komad sa izvijenom strukturom, dugim nogama i prekrasnim duborezom ali mi se nikada nije dopadala ova tamna boja. Sa druge strane uvek mi je nedostajalo vremena da je sredim. Svo to šmirglanje, nanošenje podloge i farbanje predugo traje. Chalk paint je savršeno sredstvo da se sve to izbegne i brzo završi posao. 

Ali takve farbe nema kod nas, a naručivanje traje previše dugo i veoma je skupo. Zato sam malo istraživala na internetu kako da je napravim sama i saznala da se najbolji rezultati postižu korišćenjem kalcijum karbonata pomešanog sa bojom u razmeri jedan prema dva. Pre dodavanja u boju, kalcijum karbonat treba rastvoriti u malo vode, kako bi se bolje sjedinio sa bojom.

Kalcijum karbonat nije lako pronaći ali vredi truda. Boja napravljena sa njim se lepo i lako nanosi, a višak boje možete ostaviti za neki drugi projekat, što sa drugim DIY varijantama Chalk paint-a nije moguće jer se boja sasuši, stvrdne i postane neupotrebljiva. 

Još jedna prednost Chalk paint-a je to što se jako brzo suši. Ja sam ovaj projekat završila za svega par sati. Prava stvar za mene uvek nestrpljivu! Stočić sam prefarbala dva puta, malo ga ošmirglala, a potom sam sve završila slojem voska za drvo i tamnom patinom kako bi duborez došao do izražaja. Naravno da mermerni deo nisam farbala.

P I N  T H I S  F O R  L A T E R!!

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