Yesterday’s post was about glaze vs. wax. After a few amazing fellow painters gave me advise, I realized that it should actually be glaze working with wax. The glaze I am using is General Finishes Van Dyke Brown and yesterday I applied it directly onto my chalk paint. Huge mistake! It was all streaky and impossible to manipulate. I have since learned that it needs to be applied over an acrylic paint or a glossy surface. This is where wax comes in handy if applying glaze over chalk paint.
I spent the day today re-painting my piece in Annie Sloan’s chalk paint, Florence. I then sanded it back with 220 grit sandpaper, distressed it and applied a coat of Maison Blanche dark brown wax. I let it sit for about a half hour for the wax to really take. This gave the chalk paint the harder, glossy finish that the glaze needed. I then took the glaze and worked it in.
Here is what I learned about applying the glaze. First, not too much on the brush and actually brush it against the grain of your paint strokes. Take a cloth and rub it in. Work in small sections as it dries really fast. I ended up rubbing it in circular motions as well as the straight up and down so it didn’t look streaky. A much better result! I am attaching a ton of pics for you to see. 
I am very happy with the result. Wax and Glaze as a team 🙂
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It’s Fabulous! Thank you so much for your post yesterday about the challenges you bumped into while using the glaze. Great job working through those challenges!
Robin
I feel like slapping my forehead – duh!!
Makes so much sense. Why didn’t I think of that. Thank you, thank you!!
Diane
What a stunning piece! Thanks for the advice about glaze and wax-my hobby is painting furniture so I appreciate it.
Darrielle
This piece turned out beautiful!! Great job! I love this color so much.
Thanks so much for the info….I made a huge mess today with wax and glaze on a piece of furniture painted with ASCP….now I can start over tomorrow and try to “fix” my mess….Thanks again.
Stunning piece! You did a beautiful job!
Beautiful work! Really like it. It’s good that you share your ‘mistakes’ with us. The lesson you share with us is that “it’s only paint, wax and glaze”! All things can be fixed with patience right Suzanne?
This piece turned out so beautiful and I love love the color!
BEAUTIFUL piece!!
what a gorgeous piece of furniture and what a great job you did! I have a pot of that colour too, love it!
It turned out beautiful – Florence is such a gorgeous color – and that piece is sheer perfection –
XOXO
Great tips! Awesome job on the dresser it looks lovely!
So gorgeous. I love the tips you share too. Thank you for sharing at Redouxinteriors! Featuring at my party today, starts at 1:00 PST. Thanks!