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In this next clip, I'm going to show you how to white wash over the existing stained furniture.
Ok, we're back. I'm just want to show you, I'm going to use an enamel, you could use
a pickling stain but it's not as thick and I've done some test coats here and I like
this look, this rustic look of it coming through very antique rustic look. Very thick white,
that's chipping off an old armoire, that happens to be painted over. That's the look I'm going
for. I like the enamel effect better and what I use it just a half a cup of enamel, half
and half ratios so whatever you pour in, go half enamel, half water. You're going to have
to mix it up because water and the enamel, they don't seem to mix that great, so you
have to just sit here and get air and once you get it mixed up, you won't see anymore
water. Once you do that, you know you're ready to go. Here's how I do this. This is a one
sweep motion. I'm just going to take my rag and I'm going to put an excessive amount,
not that much but enough, an excessive amount meaning, right across the top. What I like
to do, now, because you have all these nicks, you're going to see how great this looks.
When applying, we're just going to get an excessive amount on our, not, like I say,
when I say excessive, I just mean right across the top here, that's going to be our guideline.
Going with the grain of the furniture, one swiping motion, you're just going to go down.
You're going to grab here, from the top, and keep trying to pull it down. See it's great
though, all those little nicks now become more apparent and that's the look I'm going
to go for, and we're going to get it right there. We're going to do it a little bit more
and come straight down, see that? I like it thick like that, see that thickness. I go
nice and light now, after I get my first swipe, I'm just going to leave it like that. That's
how I want it to dry. I'm going to come down here and just keep going down the thing, I'm
going to pull it and pull it up from the top. Always want to go with the same thing, once
you get the amount that you want, you can just move on and just leave it like that,
to dry. We'll come back and we'll touch stuff up. You don't want to go too thick and you
just want to go with a nice light sweep, over the wood, like so. Remember, when doing this,
you want to go with nice soft, softly rubbing over this, especially after you get that first
coat. Don't worry if it doesn't look perfect yet, there's some more steps that are really
going to make this look old but you could see, it's starting to come along, you see
our little nicks. We're actually going to beat it up, later on, but do all of your hutch,
do your shelves, do your doors, let everything dry, we'll come back, after that, and we'll
show you what's next. It is a weekend project folks, so plan ahead.