Oct 17, 2014

Mixing a Custom Colour using Chalk Paint

I LOVE LOVE LOVE painting people's furniture for them.  Bringing an old piece back to life is awesome, especially when it's a sentimental piece... but 99% of the time, I'm painting the pieces either white or black.  Needless to say, it does get a tad boring every now and then...

Recently, I had a new customer bring me an old dresser she wanted done for her new baby girl's nursery... and she wanted it HOT PINK!!! Yea... a colour ;)  Annie Sloan doesn't make a hot pink, so I custom mixed a colour to acheive the look I was going for...

2 parts Old White to 1 part Emperor's Silk

The key to making a custom colour is lots of practice.  Grab a blank sheet of paper and start mixing, being sure to record your recipe along the way.

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I had a hard time getting a good pic of the pink I mixed.  My house is dark and I don't get a lot of natural light, but you get the idea!!










7 comments:

  1. yuvarajJanuary 5, 2015 at 3:43 AM

    Its really interesting info you shared here and I'm going to follow these simple tips. thanks for this post.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 5, 2015 at 9:27 PM

    The final color is awesome. Cool post. Thanks for the share.

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  3. shriharinanuJanuary 5, 2015 at 9:27 PM

    The final color is awesome. Cool post. Thanks for the share.

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  4. meena KumarJanuary 8, 2015 at 4:24 AM

    Great post..! Worthy for sure.

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  5. UnknownAugust 6, 2015 at 2:32 AM

    Interesting post. It is very useful information. Thanks for sharing.
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  6. UnknownOctober 15, 2015 at 4:57 AM

    The chalk paint made the furniture so bright and stylish.
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