Chalk Paint On Cabinet Doors

You can see the trim was already dry and was a slightly darker color.

Chalk paint on cabinet doors.

The final step to add some life and history and vigour to your chalk painted cabinet doors or furniture piece is to wax. Annie sloan shows you the fastest way to update your kitchen cabinets by simply using chalk paint and wax. The wax topcoat creates a very hard finish and adds more character to the paint but is a fairly finicky process that requires an expensive brush and some finesse to apply well. Chalk paint is a fantastic option for painting cabinets since there is barely any prep work involved that s right no sanding and sanding and sanding it goes on easily you only need a couple coats and it has a beautiful finish.

I used an angled paintbrush to apply the chalk paint on oak. I m not going to pretend to know whether my cheap old canadian tire bought wax is anywhere near as good as annie sloan s wax. This step is super important and is what adds the sheen that helps the piece tell their story. It is a necessity for applications such as kitchen cabinets.

It has a matte finish and needs to be sealed. Left exposed chalk paint flakes easily so a wax or other topcoat is more than strongly advised. Chalk paint is a specially formulated flat paint that will stick to almost all surfaces without sanding or priming. The easiest way i found to paint the doors was to do the inside edge first.