Final Day for Chalk Painting a Chest of Drawers

Final, final steps.

Yesterday I sanded and waxed 

the chest and drawers.

Today I buffed the wax. vacuumed the 

drawers and added clean paper. 

You know modern chests have a paper 

similar to contact paper on the bottoms 

of the drawers, but old chests have wooden 

drawers, so without paper on the bottoms 

you may end up with splinters in your 

other drawers and maybe your bottom! 

Lastly I tightened the knobs and 

pronounced the project finished!

The finish is very smooth and the chest
looks OK but not perfect. 

Chalk painting is more difficult than I

 thought from the information online.

There isn't anything wrong with the top,

I just enjoy the look of a scarf on it.

One last thing about chalk painting with

the plaster of paris, water and paint mix,

DO NOT WASH THE PLASTER OF PARIS

DOWN YOUR DRAINS, IT WILL CLOG THEM!!!

I used a bucket of water to wash out the

brushes and any other tools used for 

painting, and then dumped the water

outside in a graveled area by the garage.

I threw away the rags used for wiping 

down after sanding, as well as those used

to wax and buff. 

Now, when I rest up from this project, 

I'll go back and sand, wax and buff the small

cabinet I painted before I knew the finishing steps.

It is still sporting it's very rough surface.

Good Evening Everyone!