Wooden crate "Cafe de Paris" with glass vases

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Wooden crate "Cafe de Paris" with glass vases

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Instructions in 10 steps If you coat the light-coloured wooden box with Chalky Finish cream wax and then apply Chalky Finish paint in anthracite colour while still being wet with the painting sponge brush, you will get an authentic vintage look.

Besides the articles listed below, you also need: Sandpaper, granulation 120 (e.g. 89 476 00), poss. masking tape or scotch

And this is how it works:

Step 1

In order to make the natural wooden craves looking „old“, dip the slightly damp sponge for painting into the brown Chalky cream wax and wipe it all over the entire surface.

Step 2

Put some Chalky anthracite paint on by using a new clean sponge and wipe it only partially in the damp wax.

Step 3

With the first sponge the colour transitions from brown to anthracite will become blurred. Let it dry.

Step 4

The letterings “Cafe de Paris” and “Fleurs Bistro” are going to be designed with the paint template “French Living”. Therefor, cut out the letterings and fix them with scotch so that they do not slip.

Step 5

For the stencilling, you can use the stencilling brush or a small sponge for painting. It is important that you take just little colour to avoid colour flowing under the stencil.

Step 6

In order to achieve even more the “Used-Look”, you can at the very end wipe or rub the edges and surfaces with coarse sandpaper.

Step 7 Glass containers

For the designing of the glass containers, apply the Chalky paint for glass onto the cleaned glass covering by using a soft flat brush or a small sponge for painting.

Step 8

To paint only a parat of the vase, mask it with a masking tape or scotch.

Step 9

When the paint has dried out (at least 1 hour), you can sand over the upper surface with sandingpaper in order to achieve an individual Vintage-Look.

Step 10

The paint can be fixed at 160°C in the oven in order to make the containers rinsable (see the instructions on the label).

Craft Idea Wooden crate "Cafe de Paris" with glass vases