I've just started doing up old furniture upcycling etc I have used Annie Sloan and Rust-oleum paint but find these get thinck and don't brush very well is there something else I can use
Upcycling furniture help
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I have used Ronseal one-coat all surface primer (two coats) followed by two coats of Rusto-oleum white chalk paint. The 2nd layer of the chalk paint went on tacky so I used a mini glossing roller instead. Came up well with good coverage and I will be rolling the other pieces I am doing. I am waiting on Polyvine wax finish dead matt varnish arriving from Amazon. Apparently this works well with the chalk paint. HTH
I have applied the varnish and it goes on easily with a brush on the chalk paint with no lifting but I don't know how durable it will be. It states on the bottle that 2 coats satin with 2 coats dead matt would be better for durability. The furniture is definitely matt with no glean. I may try another durable varnish on top
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