Another way to wet distress is by using a water spray bottle and spraying directly onto your piece.
Distressing chalk paint with water.
In short to get a naturally weathered painted surface with the wet distress method you take a damp cloth and gently rub back your recently dried chalk paint.
After a few rubs you will see that the paint has been removed.
Okay on to the actual distressing.
Annie shows you how to create a two colour distress using her signature technique and two colours from the chalk paint palette.
Wet distressing allows the water to slightly soften the paint so you can then slowly wipe it away.
You can then use a 240 grit sandpaper to distress and wipe the paint away.
Creating a distressed look.
If you do work inside be careful not to mop or steam your floors before the dust is all cleaned up because the paint is water soluble and you ll end up with a chalky film on your floors.
Using annie sloan sanding pads annie removed the top coat of paint to reveal the colour beneath.
Begin to rub the section of paint with the damp shop towel.
Chalk paint easily wipes off with water.
Once your final paint coat is dry you can start distressing it with either a wet rag or fine grit sandpaper.
This technique works great for chalk based or mineral based paints.
Use an old t shirt or a chux wipe.
Once the chalk paint has been removed it will reveal the original wood.
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This can give a much softer look to the distressing.
The chalk paint is wonderful to work with don t get me wrong but the paint wax distress rewax dark wax it s alot of steps especially on bigger pieces with alot of parts.
How do you wet distress a piece of painted furniture it s easy.
So i used a damp clean cloth diaper and a bowl of water.
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This is called wet distressing because you used water to create the distressed look to your painted furniture.
Finally apply a coat of clear chalk paint wax this will seal and protect this piece.
See more about these techniques in the wet distressing and dry distressing sections above.