How To Make Wood Look Distressed

Go around the entire piece and repeat the chiseling process on all sides making sure to notch the wood at irregular intervals.

How to make wood look distressed. The thing about this technique is that you already get a distressed look without even sanding yet. Painting new wood to make it look old in under 3 minutes. Let it dry once finished at least 2 to 3 hours overnight is best.

Watch me BO Craftsman as I take a new piece of wood and do two different distressing techniques. If you want the wood to look severely distressed work the chisel deeper into the surface to take off entire chunks. This technique works great on both already painted wood and unpainted wood.

Maybe your salvaged wood already has some paint if not add a quick coat of whatever color you like and then sand it off using a rough grit sandpaper. Which in my opinion is what makes the wood look weathered. These are the steps with a simple explanation as to how to distress wood painted furniture.

EnjoySome of the tools u. This 12 board took me less than five minutes to distress from painting the base coat to done and dry. Go ahead and wrap your sandpaper around a sanding block to make it easier to grip and hold.

The true secret is how this paint can distress new wood in no time flat. Please make sure you subscribe. To go along with additive methods of distressing like making divots and staining you can also distress wood by subtractive methods like sanding.

Paint the piece in random places for wood to show through or cover it all for the paint to show trough. At the same time you are leaving your wood grand visible. I used one coat of SeaPaint in Sea Salt for the base.