How To Spray Pigment A File Cabinet (And The Occasional Ceramic Duck)

I've been inwards love with chalk pigment for awhile now, always since using it on the insides of my kitchen cabinets.

This week, I discovered about other bully chalkboard pigment idea.

always since using it on the insides of my kitchen How To Spray Paint a File Cabinet (and the occasional ceramic duck)

I painted my file cabinet amongst it.

Well, sorta.

But, earlier nosotros speak almost the makeover, you lot should in all likelihood know how I got it.

I was exterior the other twenty-four hours checking our postal service together with I spied something argent sitting on the halt of our neighbor's driveway. Of course, beingness enamored amongst all things silver/free, I crept downward the street to depository fiscal establishment check it out, and I constitute this piddling fella amongst a free sign on it.

It was straightaway from the Seventies together with it weighed almost 100 pounds, hence naturally I tried to lug it downward the street yesteryear myself.

I wiggled it almost 4 feet together with and it got stuck.

In the middle of the street, people.

So, I left it inwards the middle of the street together with ran dorsum abode together with made a sign that said 'The vecino is taking this. SOLD.' or something to that effect. And together with hence I nervously peeped out my window for the side yesteryear side three hours until Jesse came abode together with could aid me motion it.

It was yet inwards the street when he got home.

And that, friends, is but a totally normal storey almost how to procure a filing cabinet.

Am I correct or am I right?

Anyways, here's what the file cabinet looked similar when I get-go wiggled it home. It was actually beaten upward together with dirty. However, it was a full marking because I've been needing a file cabinet for awhile. It was definitely made backintheday when they made things well.

It's super sturdy together with burly, similar the Paul Bunyan of file cabinets.

Meet Paul.

So, I cleaned it off actually good together with then I removed the drawers. Then, I used 2 lite coats of last disaster.

While I was letting that dry, I painted the drawers amongst dark chalkboard paint.

This is what the drawers looked similar afterward but i coat. I ended upward doing 2 coats. In my experience, chalk pigment adheres actually well, hence I didn't bother priming. You may desire to...it's upward to you. I too covered the hardware amongst about masking record together with used my silver leaf Rub n Buff (affiliate link) to build all the hardware hold off novel together with pretty.

When everything was finished together with dry, I position it all dorsum together together with labeled the drawers amongst my favorite Bistro chalk pen (affiliate link). It writes similar a pen, but looks similar chalk, together with it's awesome.

I accessorized Paul amongst a cute argent tray together with about fresh flowers.

Just what every Paul needs.

All inwards all, I'm loving Paul together with finding him to live quite useful.

He fits correct inwards amongst all of my other dark painted thrifty furniture.

Oh, together with Paul wasn't the alone recent improver to the office.

I too constitute a wooden organizer at the thrift shop that I spray painted white, together with role for all my envelopes together with paper.

I too constitute the coolest piddling duck ever. He's proven himself to live a actually bully pen/scissors holder.

Look out, Paul.

If you lot come upward across fun ceramics at a thrift store, you lot tin pigment them amongst a high gloss white spray paint and they'll hold off but similar the build novel ceramics you lot come across all over the identify correct now!

Here is the duck before.