TEST #1 ANN SLONE CHALK PAINT

SO I GAVE IN AND ORDERED SOME

ANN SLONE CHALK PAINT SAMPLES

AND THE CLEAR WAX, AND DARK WAX.

I WANT TO TRY TO MAKE MY OWN AND

I FIGURED I HAD TO SEE HOW THE REAL THING

WORKS FIRST! THE THING THAT

I LIKED THE MOST ABOUT THIS PAINT IS THAT

THEY SAY YOU DON'T SAND OR PRIME. WHO

WOULDN'T LOVE THAT!

THIS IS A PREVIEW OF THE PROJECT I'M

DOING WITH IT.

SO I WIPED IT DOWN AND GOT OUT MY PAINT

BRUSH AND MY SAMPLE OF OLD WHITE.

2 COATS AND THE DARK WOOD STILL WASNT

COVERED. I PAINTED THE SIDES AND THE TOP WITH ABUSSON BLUE. MY SAMPLE POT OF OLD

WHITE ALMOST GONE. I DECIDED TO DO

A THIRD COAT OF PARIS GREY AND I COVERED

THE WHOLE PIECE TOOK 2 COATS OF THE

PARIS GREY.

SO FAR IM NOT A BELIEVER

AND I'M NOT YET READY TO

DRINK THE KOOL-AID.

IM LETTING IT DRY OVERNIGHT AND

PLAN ON WAXING IT AND DISTRESSING

IT AND I WILL POST THE PICTURES

WHEN I AM TOTALLY DONE.

THE PAINT WAS VERY CREAMY AND THE

PAINT STROKES DO DISAPPEAR AFTER

THE SECOND COAT. BUT I THOUGHT

THE COVERAGE WOULD BE BETTER.

I THOUGHT I COULD JUSTIFY THE COST

IF I COULD GET IT TO GO FURTHER THAN

LATEX BUT I THINK LATEX WOULD

HAVE COVERED THE SAME. MAYBE

I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE CUBBIES

ON MY FIRST TEST AS THEY DO TAKE

UP ALOT OF PAINT JUST LIKE SPINDLES

I HATE SPINDLES !

I DIDN'T HAVE TO SAND OR PRIME AND I'M

HOPING THAT THE PAINT ADHERES AS

GOOD AS I HAVE READ IT DOES.

A FEW SPOTS HAVE ME WORRIED.

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY

JUDGEMENTS ON IT UNTIL

I HAVE FINISHED A PIECE AND I DO

HAVE A FEW MORE SAMPLES TO TRY ON

OTHER PIECES SO WE WILL SEE!

IM HOPING FOR THE BEST!