20 Best Furniture Painting Techniques

Every experienced furniture refinisher has their favourite painting techniques and methods for their pieces. They keep up to date with current trends, colours and new products and suppliers.  Gathering all this information can be quite time consuming, especially if you’re a newcomer to furniture refinishing. You go on to YouTube to find a video tutorial on distressing and two hours later you’re still on YouTube but now you’re watching ABBA at the Eurovision Song Contest! I’m not quite sure how that happens, but it always does! 

To save you some time - when you could be painting instead of browsing the internet - I thought it might be useful to put together a post which will point you in the right direction for tutorials on the basic techniques.

Listed in alphabetical order, just click on the link to go to the tutorial. Each tutorial will open in a new window. I suggest you bookmark each one you’d like to learn and save it in a dedicated folder so you can easily find it again should you want to refer back to it.

AGED EFFECT WITH DARK WAX

BLENDING

CHIPPY FINISH

COLOUR WASHING

CRACKLE FINISH

DECOUPAGE 

DISTRESSING

DRY BRUSHING

GLAZING

IMAGE TRANSFER

LAYERING

METAL LEAF

PAINT POUR

PATINA

RAISED STENCILLING 

SALT WASH

USING TOP COATS

UPHOLSTERY PAINTING 

WAXING

WHITEWASHING

I hope these links prove useful, but remember, each one is just a guide as there can be various ways to achieve a similar result. For instance, decoupage can be done with so many materials...napkins, fabric, gift wrap and even wallpaper. Some tutorials will mention products that may not be available in your area/country but you can always find alternatives by searching online. These tutorials should, at the very least, be a starting point. Another great way of learning is to join a Facebook furniture painting group. You’ll find that your fellow painters are happy to answer any questions you may have.

Please remember to leave a comment on any of the tutorials that you find helpful to let the person know that you appreciated them sharing their expertise.

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Sooze x