if you spend any time on Pinterest at all I'm sure you've seen these
mesmerizing paint pours well in today's video I want to show you how to do paint
pours on your furniture so stay tuned
so with paint pours there are a few different techniques you can use you can
do direct pour you can do dirty pour and we're going to do both of these in
today's video we're going to start with these wooden canvasses as it's a great
way to demonstrate this technique and as you can see I've propped it up on a
little paint jar so it can the paint when it starts dripping it can
drip down okay so we have that set up so now we're going to get our paint ready
we're going to be mixing up our paint colors with some primer and the reason
we are using primer is it acts as a pouring medium because what it does it
helps the colors from not blending too much as well as make sure that the paint
doesn't crack when it dries if you were just be pouring straight paint you would
get a lot of crackling happening in your finish if you were to mix it with water
you'll end up getting a lot of mixing and blending of colors so first off
we're going to use three colors today
simplicity vintage cupcake and hurricane now I'm going to pour some of
the paint into these cups and it's not an exact science but I would say start
with about two parts paint and one part primer
so I'm not going to measure it out but I'm just going to squeeze the paint into
the cup
and just a little tip when you're doing these paint pours you want to avoid using
too much of a dark color so if you're gonna use a black such as liquorice you
want to make sure that you only use a little bit of it otherwise it just gets
really overpowering you definitely always want to include a white such as
simplicity or vanilla frosting or crinoline okay so now I'm going to add
some of the primer here
okay we're gonna use these little stir sticks to mix it really well together
you want to make sure that it's all blended really well together and you
might notice that you get some air bubbles when you do this but we have a
little trick to deal with that later so don't worry
that'll work itself out you want to make sure that the consistency of the colors
that you're using is all similar so you don't want to have one that's much
thicker and then another one okay so you notice that one is a little bit too
thick then just add a little bit more of the primer
okay I think that looks good so I'm gonna take another cup and now we're
going to pour these three colors into this one cup this is going to be for our
dirty pour I'm going to start with some white
and just so you know this gets pretty messy some people wonder if you can do
this with kids and yeah you can do it with kids but definitely under adult
supervision because it does get really messy
so the hurricane is quite a dark color so I'm not going to use too much of the hurricane
because I don't want it to get all gray okay so are you ready for the paint pour?
what we're going to do is we're going to turn it upside down on the wooden canvas
just gonna move this out of the way
I'm just gonna let it sit for a minute so that it all comes down you know we're
gonna lift it up and see what happens
alright let's see what happens it's always a surprise you cannot plan these
things at all I like it
okay so then you can slowly move your canvas around to move the paint
look how fun that looks I love how unpredictable these pours are you can
always add a little bit of extra to the corners if you missed those because I want
to show you one more really cool trick
and that is that you know some people when they do these paint pours you'll
see that they're using silicone mixed in and that is to create cells which are
really fun however silicone is not archival and it will stay in your finish
and you never know what its gonna do over time so it might turn out that it
goes yellow after a while and you definitely don't want that if you're doing it on
furniture so what I would suggest is some rubbing alcohol
this is just pure rubbing alcohol in a squeeze bottle and you can lightly
spritz and you'll see these cool cells that it creates and it pops the air
bubbles
you don't want to do it too much because then it'll start getting too liquidy and
it'll all blend kind of together no you can use you can leave your drips like
this when you're doing on a canvas but you can also use a paintbrush and just
make sure you get all the edges here and the paint will continue to drip so
you want to make sure you're putting it on an even surface all right so we're gonna
let that dry it's going to take a while to dry and then I want to show you a
different pouring technique so for our next canvas we're going to do a direct
pour so that's different from the dirty pour in a way that I will show you again
we're going to start by mixing our colors together with primer so this time
I'm using peacoat which is our darkest navy blue not using too much of that
color cranberry sauce which is a beautiful cranberry red and I'm using
simplicity again so I'm just going to reuse the same cup here just add a bit
more
so again we're doing about two parts of paint one part of primer but you can
definitely vary it up if that's not thin enough for you you can always add more
primer and then again you want to mix it really well together and these paint
pours are really fun to do on drawer fronts or on something like a coffee table you
can really create some really fun unique artistic looks with this so what's
different about a direct pour versus a dirty pours that with a direct pour
you're pouring directly onto your surface instead of mixing it in a cup
and then pouring it on okay so there are different ways you can do this I'm just
going to start by adding it to a few spots here
can add little bits and pieces of paint and then we're gonna tilt the canvas in
a little bit to move the paint around a
little bit more of the peacoat
okay now we're just gonna move it around
and you'll see that it creates less mixing or blending of the colors when
you do it this way
so it just depends on what you what you like the most what look you prefer that
looks pretty good so now you can also add some little drips if you want
so you can really
play around with this and have fun with it okay and let's see if we can move it
around a little bit more okay and as you can see it's pretty messy so if you
don't want to get paint all over your nails or over your fingers then you can
always wear gloves if you want alright so again I'm gonna use my little squeeze
bottle of rubbing alcohol to just get rid of those air bubbles and create some
cells okay so now we're going to just let that dry and what you can do to
finish off a paint pour if you want to add some protective coating I will show
you on this fun one that we can cover it with clear
coat for extra protection so clear coat you want to make sure you
stir it really well before you use it clear coat is a zero VOC protective
coat that you can put over your furniture and over your home decor
projects okay and it's really easy to apply with one of these painting sponges
so all you have to do is just wipe it on and leave it to dry and you can do three
or four thin coats for the best protection but it goes on so super fast
here I'll do the sides as well okay and that's that so I would recommend playing
around with different colors on some test pieces and then trying it on a
coffee table or on a drawer front for example to create some really cool
finishes on your furniture I hope you enjoyed that if you have any questions
feel free to get ahold of us any time and thank you so much for watching happy
painting