5 Best Of How To Chalk Paint Furniture Without Sanding Best Wallpaper JPG. It usually takes a second coat. Remove any hardware such as handles from your furniture if possible.
Paint the furniture in a light even coat in the direction of the grain. Apply one coat of paint and let it dry. I used baby wipes to distress this painted antique table because I wanted to highlight the beautifully aged alligatored finish.
Allow it to penetrate the wood for 15 minutes.
Then paint lightly in the direction of the wood grain. To get the smoothest finish possible make sure that your paint strokes all go in one direction. Lightly sand afterwards to get a nice soft finish. Highlight the original stained finish with this distressed paint technique.