Painting wicker furniture shabby chic style can be tricky if you’ve never done it before.
Why?
Well, the seemingly infinite amount of nooks and crannies in wicker present a problem to even the most seasoned upcycler.
The trick is getting the paint into the nooks, without ending up with splodges of paint everywhere.
While a good solution to this is spray paint, it can leave streaks of colour on your furniture, especially if you don’t buy enough spray cans. See the example below:
While it’s not a problem if you have many cans of paint, the point of upcycling your wicker furniture is to save money!
So we’re going to show you how one of our customers, Sandi Ellis from Essex, tackled her wicker wardrobe with just 1 Litre of our Shabby Chic paint.
This will save getting drops of paint on your carpet, and when you’re done you can just fold the paper up and throw away the mess.
A damp cloth will work too, but the hoover will get all the dust out of the cracks, where a cloth might miss. If you like, you can wipe over your wicker furniture with a lightly dampened cloth when you’ve hoovered it, but make sure it’s not wet when you start painting!
Read here for Step 2 and more information at https://www.rainbowchalk.com/how-to-paint-wicker-furniture-shabby-chic-style/
Why?
Well, the seemingly infinite amount of nooks and crannies in wicker present a problem to even the most seasoned upcycler.
The trick is getting the paint into the nooks, without ending up with splodges of paint everywhere.
While a good solution to this is spray paint, it can leave streaks of colour on your furniture, especially if you don’t buy enough spray cans. See the example below:
So we’re going to show you how one of our customers, Sandi Ellis from Essex, tackled her wicker wardrobe with just 1 Litre of our Shabby Chic paint.
Preparation!
You will need:- 1 Litre tin of Shabby Chic paint – in your desired colour
- A paint brush
- Newspaper
- A hoover
- Sand paper
This will save getting drops of paint on your carpet, and when you’re done you can just fold the paper up and throw away the mess.
Step 1 – Prepare Your Furniture
Sand off any flakes of paint that are coming off your furniture and use a hoover to get rid of the excess dust that remains.A damp cloth will work too, but the hoover will get all the dust out of the cracks, where a cloth might miss. If you like, you can wipe over your wicker furniture with a lightly dampened cloth when you’ve hoovered it, but make sure it’s not wet when you start painting!
Read here for Step 2 and more information at https://www.rainbowchalk.com/how-to-paint-wicker-furniture-shabby-chic-style/
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