Community Chat

[jagk]

Has anybody ever painted with chalk paint, was it easy to do?

[Charming1]

I've never used any type of chalk paint but always see people on the web often raving about Annie Sloan.

[brii]

The Home forum ladies have used chalk paint and seem to love it. I have a rocking chair that I want to paint with chalk paint. Happy Housewife used chalk paint from Home Depot and said it was easy to use. It was less expensive than the Annie Sloan chalk paint.

[ROMARY]

I've heard that chalk paint adheres to almost everything. But, I'm going to go over to Home Forum, just to make sure. Thanks for the reminder!

[Photo Donna]

yes -- I made my own with regular wall paint and plaster of paris.

[tansy]

On 3/18/2015 Photo Donna said:

yes -- I made my own with regular wall paint and plaster of paris.

Interesting. I didn't realize plaster of paris was the magic ingredient. Did you mix it half and half? I found a large, ornate headboard that just appealed to my sometimes tacky taste and wanted to try the AS paints on it.

I'll look this up

[raven-blackbird]

On 3/18/2015 tansy said:

On 3/18/2015 Photo Donna said:

yes -- I made my own with regular wall paint and plaster of paris.

Interesting. I didn't realize plaster of paris was the magic ingredient. Do you mix it half and half? Did you mix it half and half? I found a large, ornate headboard that just appealed to my sometimes tacky taste and wanted to try the AS paints on it.

I'll look this up

I make it but I don't use plaster of pairs..........I use white grout and you only use a couple of tablespoons.......................................raven

[tansy]

On 3/18/2015 raven-blackbird said:

On 3/18/2015 tansy said:

On 3/18/2015 Photo Donna said:

yes -- I made my own with regular wall paint and plaster of paris.

Interesting. I didn't realize plaster of paris was the magic ingredient. Did you mix it half and half? I found a large, ornate headboard that just appealed to my sometimes tacky taste and wanted to try the AS paints on it.

I'll look this up

I make it but I don't use plaster of pairs..........I use white grout and you only use a couple of tablespoons.......................................raven

I just edited out my duplicate question

Thanks, Raven. I'm glad I caught this thread.

[Lucky Charm]

Yes! Many times. I've done 9 bedroom sets (headboards, dressers, bureaus and mirrors), sideboards, side chairs and tables in chalk paint.

I love it because you don't need to sand, (just clean) the surfaces.

The bedrooms sets were all older (circa early 1900's), some in veneers, some with water marks and other stains or sunlight discolorations.

All beautiful now. Beautiful colors.

Easy to work with and a little goes a long way.

[Kachina624]

You might do a search. We recently had an extensive discussion on the subject.