Chalk Paint On Cabinet Doors

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Chalk paint on cabinet doors. The easiest way i found to paint the doors was to do the inside edge first. I m not going to pretend to know whether my cheap old canadian tire bought wax is anywhere near as good as annie sloan s wax. I opened the drawers and doors and painted the base with the renaissance chalk paint. You can see the trim was already dry and was a slightly darker color.

Chalk paint is a specially formulated flat paint that will stick to almost all surfaces without sanding or priming. It has a matte finish and needs to be sealed. Left exposed chalk paint flakes easily so a wax or other topcoat is more than strongly advised. Annie sloan shows you the fastest way to update your kitchen cabinets by simply using chalk paint and wax.

Chalk paint is a fantastic option for painting cabinets since there is barely any prep work involved that s right no sanding and sanding and sanding it goes on easily you only need a couple coats and it has a beautiful finish. It is a necessity for applications such as kitchen cabinets. I used an angled paintbrush to apply the chalk paint on oak. The wax topcoat creates a very hard finish and adds more character to the paint but is a fairly finicky process that requires an expensive brush and some finesse to apply well.