Solid clear coat pine furniture exudes rustic to me. When I picked up this TV entertainment stand I knew it needed some color befitting of rustic country. I chose
Old Fashioned Milk Paint's driftwood and buttermilk for the makeover.
solid pine entertainment center pre relove
Mixing up the driftwood milk paint powder.. so easy, just add powder to warm water in near equal portions and stir. I find
Old Fashioned Milk Paint to be the smoothest mix of all milk paints I have tried. Leave the mix to sit 10 minutes or so before painting your first coat
The first coat once dry, then I added another but not until about 48 hours later. Even though I used the safe coat version (like having bonding agent for better adherence) of the milk paint, the super smooth shellac finish required the paint to dry longer to prevent lift off of the first coat when applying the 2nd.
This is my test board to see how
Daddy Van's wax will change the color - far left is the paint dry, next is clear, then antique brown ending with shadow black on far right.
I started with a full coat of clear then highlighted the board junctions and edges with the shadow black
the bead board backing is where I chose to compliment the driftwood with buttermilk
and on the buttermilk after two coats were dry, I detailed and aged with the antique brown wax over clear.
Daddy Van's is so green you can put it on your lips, ok maybe not these tinted colors ;) but the clear and scented. The downside is they take quite a while to dry so impatient people like me have to learn patience or find other projects to work on. But here it is all dry...
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