Choose a decorative item or piece of furniture to crackle paint.
Black crackle paint furniture.
A crackled paint effect created using crackle medium or school glue adds the immediate look of age and wear transforming before your eyes as you.
Step 3 apply the crackle medium photo by wendell t.
Use a crackle finish to make old furniture new again with that antique look that makes it original.
Okay let s say you want to give a crackle finish to a piece of furniture.
Brush the glue on a base coated piece and when the glue is just dry enough to form a thin skin brush on the top coat color.
As the glue dries completely a subtle crackle effect appears.
To achieve a spidery mottled crackle finish spray paint the latex top coat.
Allow this coat to dry thoroughly.
It looks like a clear paste and has the consistency of paint.
Once you have an even coat let it dry overnight.
Paint the furniture black and allow to dry to act as a base coat.
A coat of latex paint will add color to plain wood furniture but not much else.
Apply your first coat of paint.
Crackle medium creates large and small cracks in a top coat of paint to let the base coat show through.
Once the first coat of paint is dry brush on the crackle medium.
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This is the color that will appear in the fractures.
Apply a coat of water based yellow or white wood glue we use a cup of titebond to all surfaces.
To really beat the blahs consider treating tables chairs picture frames or other decorative items to a crackle.
Here s how to apply it.
When the primed piece is dry use a paintbrush to apply the color you want to show through in the crackle finish brushing in the direction of the grain.
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Different colors of crackle paint finishes.
White glue may also be used as a crackle glaze medium.
Be sure to dab paint in the cracks and crevices of the furniture.
To give furniture an antique crackle decorative finish.
Consider crackle painting an old rocking chair a decorative crate or a piece of wall art.
First clean the surface well and make sure it s dry.
Crackle painting works on many different surfaces and materials such as ceramic and canvas.
While the glue is still tacky paint on a coat of lighter colored latex paint.