A Nightstand's Colorful Journey: How to Tint Clear Wax DIY Paint Video
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I love it when sweet serendipity sprinkles me with goodness like it did the day I was driving down the road, stopped at a stop sign, and looked up just in time to see a man hauling this awesome nightstand to the curb. Right in front of me.
I rolled down my window and asked if he was getting rid of it.
I did not sand or strip or prime the nightstand first. Oh no! I just wiped off the cobwebs with a Clorox wipe and starting painting it a pretty blue called Blue Jeans.
[I also did not have a screwdriver out in that field so I could not remove the hardware. I did something I never ever ever do: I just painted right over the handles. When you are painting out in a muddy field, anything goes!]
Who in the world would want to buy a crazy colorful nightstand like this?
I decided it needed more color, but just a little bit more. I tinted American Paint Company’s Clear Wax with a few drops of Blue Jeans to create a colored wax, which sealed the piece and gave it a pretty colorwash all in one easy step. Here's the link to my new DIY video with details on How to Tint Clear Wax:
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The wax looked really blue when I applied it as you can see in the video, but it lightens up as it dries leaving you with a much more subtle color wash than what it looks like when you first brush it on. If you want more color, you can always wax it again, but I didn’t. I thought the blue wax cured nicely and again I liked the up-close spots, but overall the piece still didn’t look finished to me. I realized it lacked a focal point—It just had so much color all over the place that you didn’t know where to look first.
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Wow love the end result- so unique!
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