How To Use A Wood Grain Tool: It’s So Easy

Have you ever wanted to know how to use a wood grain tool? In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use this fantastic tool, and it’s so easy.

The story of my table… I bought a table for $10 and I upgraded it for a Hometalk Live show. Sadly the veneer didn’t hold the paint and it started chipping. I am excited to share the re-do of this table with Dixie Belle Paint Company products!!!

I wanted to redo this piece of furniture and give it a wood grain effect. I used paint and a wood-graining tool to make this table look new.

The faux wood top of the original re-do was peeling up. It wasn’t hard to get the rest up. The first step is to scrape all the old paint off. Make sure you use a smooth motion with the scraper so you don’t damage the table.

Back to its original form.

How To Use A Wood Grain Tool Materials

• furniture cleaner
• chalk paint
• wood graining tool
• top coat

How To Use A Wood Grain Tool instructions

1. Clean the furniture

The next step was to clean it with Dixie Belle White Lighting Cleaner. I did this by using a clean, lint free cloth and then I rinsed it with clean water.

2. Coat the furniture with a primer (optional)

After the table was clean, I painted the base color. I did 2 coats of Dixie Belle’s Slick Stick which is an awesome product that helps paint stick to a glazed surface or slick surfaces. For this I used a natural bristle brush but you could also use a foam brush.

3. Paint the furniture

I let the 2 coats dry completely.  Once that was done, I painted the top of the table with Dixie Belle Manatee Gray.

I let the paint dry completely.

4. Mix the glaze

I mixed Dixie Belle Whitewash Glaze with a little Dixie Belle Cotton. I used the wood grain tool to put the glaze onto the table. I mixed 1 part paint to 4 parts glaze.  You can get this look by painting the wet glaze mixture onto the table, then use the wood grain tool.

5. Use the Wood Grain Tool

The easiest technique of wood graining is to rock the wood grain painting tool back and forth over the glaze to get the faux wood grain finish.

6. Add a Top Coat

 Once it’s completely dry, I will use Dixie Belle Gator Hide to protect it.

If you’d like to watch the video of how to use the wood grain tool to get a faux wood finish please click on the photo below.

How To Use A Wood Grain Tool

Think of all of the possibilities with this wood grain rocker! You can easily update any of the following with wood-graining tools

• kitchen cabinets
• metal doors
• tables
• floors
• doors

Interested in more furniture Makeovers? 

• Upcycled Thrift Store Heart Table
• Upcycled Thrift Store Wooden Bench
• Upcycle Storage Containers
• Updating a Built-In Entertainment Center
• Pottery Barn Mirror Hack
• Kitchen Island/Storage Self Hack
• Inexpensive Laundry Room Makeover
• Side Table Makeover

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