Hi there, it's Rosanne here from Country Chic Paint
If you love the look of antique furniture
I think you're going to love what can be done with our Crackle Medium!
Today I'm going to show you how to use Crackle Medium
to recreate that wonderful, antique look of aged paint
so stay tuned!
The supplies and products you'll need to create this effect are
Crackle Medium, two colors of paint in any color of your choice,
I'm going to be using Full Bloom and Harmony today
as well as some paint brushes
When you're creating a crackled finish you want to make sure that
your base coat of paint has dried for at least 12 hours
before you move on to the next step
So to prep for this tutorial, I painted the sides of this crate a few days ago
with one coat of the color Full Bloom
As a side note, if you want your cracks to reveal the natural wood color underneath
you can also skip the base coat and apply the Crackle Medium right onto the wood
And again, if you do paint it first then you want to let it dry for at least 12 hours
before the next step
Your next step is applying a coat of Crackle Medium
and we're going to do that by using one of the Country Chic Paint brushes
You don't want to apply the Crackle Medium too thickly
but also don't be too stingy with it
Be careful not to over brush when you're applying the Crackle Medium
Just paint it on and leave it without going over the same area too much
If you over brush it you may end up with very little cracks, or no cracks at all
Make sure you wash your brush out right away with soap and water
and use a paper towel to wipe down the rim of your jar before you close it
If the rim of your jar is covered with Crackle Medium when you close it
you'll find it very hard to open next time you want to use it
Before you move on to the final step
it's important to give your Crackle Medium a chance to completely dry
If you don't let the medium dry completely
the technique will not work very well
This side of the crate I had ready to go with Crackle Medium
and it's been given 12 hours to dry so I can show you the final step
I'm going to apply another coat of Country Chic Paint
in the color Harmony
You want to make sure you choose a contrasting color to your base coat
so that the cracks will be visible in your finish
I would suggest to play around with some different color combinations
and simply use some scrap pieces of wood to see what colors match well together
As with the Crackle Medium application
you don't want to over brush when you're applying this coat of paint
If you want to have large, prominent cracks in your finish
apply this coat a little bit more thickly than you normally would
You don't want it dripping all over the place
but give it a generous coat
If you prefer thin, more subtle cracks
keep this paint coat nice and thin
If you apply the paint in even strokes
you'll get more linear cracking
As the paint is drying you'll see the cracks forming
Isn't that fun?!
If you applied a thick coat of paint
keep in mind that it will take more time to dry
In an upcoming tutorial I will show you how to finish this crate
with a fun decoupage technique
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Please bear in mind that the Crackle Medium is for
indoor projects only so you don't want to use it
on piece that you would like to use outside
Just to give you an idea of a few other color combinations
here are some example projects
This frame here was painted with Fresh Mustard
and finished with a coat of Tropical Cocktail for a fun color combination
This frame was painted with Cobblestone finished with Lazy Linen
and this one here was painted with Vintage Cupcake and finished with Perfection
and this little piece here was painted with Harmony, finished with a coat of Sage Advice
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