can you make painted furniture look antique?

Question

can you make painted wood look antique

Answer 1

yes you could sand down some of the existing paintwork and paint over a watered down tan/brown paint over that then sand down again, and varnish, this depends on wether you want that effect tho?

Answer 2

there are several ways. 1. you can make up milk paint (do a search on recipes) 2. you can create a cracked look by using a two part epxoy and leaving out the hardener aply that then paint over top. what ever color is underneath will show through. 3. apply water based paint in liberal amounts then using a propane (or accytelane) torch heat the paint so it bubbles and if it burns just apply more paint. this works great then using a 5 in random orbital sander sand areas that look like they would be worn under normal use. then using a croc pot mix briwax and paint thinner (this is what we did in a furniture shop but use caution ver flammable ****). melt the briwax then use paint thinner until the mixture is almost watery (will also be steaming at this time (normal-hi heat)) apply a thin coat any exposed wood will absorb the mixture turning it a used brown color. then wipe the peice down leaving the mixture in the cracks. It looks really good when it is all done. hope that helped

Answer 3

Yes. Faux finishes can make painted furniture even look like natural stained wood, or marble. But yes, antiquing is also possible. Wal-Mart as well as Home Depot, Michael's and Jo-Ann's all carry kits with everything you need for many different types of finishes.

Answer 4

I found this great website that rents technical videos on everything. www.smartflick.com and for $10 including postage you can rent a DVD for a week on how to do just that.
My mother was a great advocate of antiquing furniture and there are a lot of ways to do it. Having seen the real pros do it, I think the stuff my mother did was iffy, but if you rent the lesson, I think you will appreciate your professional results.

Answer 5

Go to a hobby shop and ask for the antiquing kit for furniture.

Answer 6

Yes, there are many ways it depends on what kind of antique you want, country cottage, medievil, Victoriana,,,? I can help as I paint furniture myself.

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