DIY How To: Distress Furniture, part 2
...Continued from 'DIY How To: Distress Furniture, part 1' STEP 3: Primer Primer is debateable. I learned after I purchased the primer I used (see to the right) that when you're using 2 coats of semi-gloss paint for the color you really dont need a primer. One tip I got from a co-worker is you want to spend money on a good brush! If you buy a good brush such as the one to the left, you can re-use and re-use, you can basically use it for life!! I plan on doing a lot of these projects so I invested in this $11 brush. Make sure the primer is well coated on the furniture and brush in the direction of the wood grain. This is the base coat. If you're lucky enough to have a spray paint gun, use that for a solid coating. Mine could have been a better paint coat, see finished paint job below. Let it dry for 24 hrs. STEP 4: Paint Coat 1 + 2 After 24 hours, apply the base coat. I used the Martha