When Monique from offered to send me some Webster’s Chalk Paint Powder, I was keen to give it a try and find out the differences between using this and other paints I’ve tried on the market for painting furniture antique style.
Websters Chalk Paint Powder is a mix in powder that blends well with any ordinary household paint and gives a great finish to your painted furniture with extra stickability.
The bonus with this, of course, is that you are not limited by colour choice. There are limitless colour possibilities!
These sample pots were an absolute steal at Bunnings – they sell paint that may have been mis-tinted or didn’t quite match what the customer had in mind, for bargain basement prices. Check out these I scored for $1 each. Perfect for a painted piece of furniture!
I found this old piano stool at a recycle market and it looks so plain, so I decided to pretty it up using my Websters Chalk Paint powder and the creamy yellowish colour sample pot.
Here’s how the powder comes – cute packaging containing a sealed ziplock bag of the chalky powder.
Complete instructions for mixing quantities are on the outside of the packaging along with more info about Websters online. You can see the price on the top of this picture for my Aussie blog subscribers. $17.50 for 4oz. (plus shipping). Monique sells from her Etsy store as well as locally through her stall (214) at the Mill Markets in Daylesford, Victoria.
Okay – I’ve got:
– Paint
– Webster’s Chalk Paint Powder
– Water
– jar to mix it in
– measuring spoon
Ready to go!
According to directions, mix 2 Tablespoons of the powder …
… to 1 Tablespoon of water.
I mixed this in the jar I’m going to use for painting. It blends quite quickly and easily.
Here’s my little sample pot of paint which just happened to be the exact size of a 1 cup measure. (250ml)
So I poured it straight in and gave it a really good stir/shake, etc.
And on we go with the first coat …
… And now a 2nd coat … you can see in below picture the top has had a 2nd coat and the sides are waiting for their turn.
Two coats was enough to give it some nice even coverage…
As I was painting, I noticed it really still felt as though I were painting with ordinary latex paint. There didn’t seem to be too much of a difference in the application of the paint. It wasn’t thick like other chalk paints, but smooth to apply. You may also get a difference depending if you use a semi-gloss or matte paint.
Next I gave this piece a shabby finish by sanding the edges and wearing parts to show some of the wood through.
It sanded back quite well on this piece.
I wanted to embellish this stool a little more, so I found a few stencils to add more of a French touch.
I used Paris Grey (ASCP) for the stencilling.
And here are my cute little birds and cage:
I used a regular creamy furniture wax finish over this piece.
In the past, I have mixed my own DIY version of a chalky paint using the Plaster of Paris method. Websters is similar to mixing up your own DIY version, but the consistency of the final mix is SO much smoother and not gritty at all.
It doesn’t seem as thick as Annie Sloan’s Chalk Paint, as you mix and apply it, but if you wanted a thicker mix, you can alway adjust your quantities and use more powder. This may allow you to use less coats on your surface.
Another GREAT advantage to using Webster’s Chalk Paint Powder is the fact that you can choose ANY colour you like, as I said in the beginning of this post. Just pick out your paint and add your powder to it.
For Australian readers, you can purchase Webster’s Paint Powder via Monique’s Etsy store on her Facebook page .
I look forward to trying it out on other surfaces and with other paints in the future.
Happy Painting!
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1 Comment
Stef Crane
January 25, 2014 at 11:09 pmWhere did you buy the stencils from ? there lovely! nice table