How To Distress Fusion Mineral Paint

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This is a follow up post from the Fusion Mineral Paint demo I did over on Hometalk'south Facebook page, Live DIY Demo and also my weblog post titled: The Basics of Painting Furniture using Fusion Mineral Pigment.

Before

Below is a pic of the original style this piece arrived at my business firm:

My DIY Live Demo

Here you can see the full live demo we did on Hometalk's Facebook page:

(sorry well-nigh the sideways commencement – nosotros corrected that pretty quickly!)

If yous want to skip the video and see the steps I took to finish this piece, here are the basics below:

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Afterwards a basic coat of Fusion Mineral Paint Concealer (remember taking a piece from a dark timber to a very light colour, you can relieve on your good pigment, past using Concealer – refer to video for in depth caption of this) I so did only one coat of my chosen colour – Putty (from the Michael Penney collection of Fusion Mineral Paint).

Putty has exceptional coverage, and considering I was going for a rustic, distressed look with this piece, one coat was plenty and also covered actually well.
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The color Putty, has exceptional coverage for such a calorie-free color.

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Distressing

Once the piece was covered in the Putty colour – which is the perfect greige, past the style – I distressed the edges of the chiffonier and whatever high points where wearing would naturally occur over the years.

For distressing, I usually utilise a fine to medium grit sandpaper – approx 120. Gently rub forth the grain of the wood on those areas you desire to show wearable. putty-tv-side-table-part-2-00344

Waxing

As I mentioned on my Hometalk Live demo (see video above), it is NOT necessary to finish your Fusion painted pieces with wax or any other finishing production, as Fusion Mineral Paint has a congenital-in topcoat with a lovely matte finish.

However, if you wish to add a bit of sheen, go alee and utilise a clear furniture wax or beeswax.

And if you wish to highlight areas of your slice or give it an aged look, you tin do this with your dark waxes. For this piece I used Fusion's Espresso Wax – a gorgeous coffee brown colour – to give the perfect aged patina!
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Waxing is every bit easy as getting a small corporeality on your wax brush or a lint free material, then rubbing it in to the creases and areas you want to appear anile. Using a clean cloth, wipe away any backlog wax, blend and buff the expanse. putty-tv-side-table-part-2-00341 See the aged look the Espresso Wax created beneath in the crevices and on the sides. All finished and ready to sell!
If you lot have whatsoever questions on any of the steps I mentioned, please leave them in the comments. I'd exist simply too happy to reply them. You lot tin likewise join me for more than updates and back up on our Facebook page.