Giving Furniture a Distressed Look

RE: Giving Furniture a Distressed Look Post by Joankay (102) | (03/14/2006) Contact I have to laugh when I hear about "distressed furniture". When my kids were little, they took care of it for free! Now there's an idea - borrow a few kids from the neighborhood! Good luck. RE: Giving Furniture a Distressed Look Post By srhp69 (Guest Post) (03/14/2006) you could rub it with a heavy steel wool to make small grooves and ruff up the finish RE: Giving Furniture a Distressed Look Post By Pops (Guest Post) (03/14/2006) Distress it with several diffferent items and a hammer, such as hitting a nail on it's side, hitting a washer, chain, hammer marks, bang it with items most normal furniture gets banged with like a pot or a pan, tearing a little spot of grain off, etc. Another way is to use a crackling finish which you can buy at a paint store or home improvement store. you put on a base coat, then an over finish that, when it dries, it cracks and crazes, giving it an old look. RE: Giving Furniture a Distressed Look Post By Annette (Guest Post) (03/13/2006) I paint the first coat either black, burgandy,or brown. The second coat is white. I then sand it using a hand sander until the undercolor comes out. I sand the surfaces and the edges. Then I wipe it down with a damp cloth to get all the dust off. Then I stain it leaving the stain on heavier in some areas and lighter in others. Hope this helps RE: Giving Furniture a Distressed Look Post By (Guest Post) (03/13/2006) I have distressed pine by hitting it with a thick linked (Clean) chain and then painting it. You can also sand edges and other marks into the paint to make it look worn. Use a very fine sandpaper.