Good To The Last Drop!
Shabby & Chic & Everything Neat
Everyday while chatting with customers we talk about how far a can of Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan will go. We tell you a quart will cover 150 sq ft and a sample pot will cover 18 sq ft, but its hard to imagine that as a dresser or sideboard or stool. So, we thought we would see just how far that 4oz sample pot could go! With that in mind we went searching in our stash of furniture for something that we thought would really stretch that theory to its limits.
To put things into perspective this bookshelf is 24″w x 29″h x 10″d and had originally been painted for a spring window display with Antibes and English Yellow. We were a little nervous, could we really cover these colours and this size with a scant 4oz of paint?
We hadn’t used Country Grey for anything in a while so that would be our colour! In between customers on a busy Saturday Elizabeth set to work with a small Annie Sloan paint brush and that little sample pot.
If you had any doubts just look at how well Country Grey Chalk Paint™ is covering that lovely bright green.
Fast forward about 15 minutes and lots of conversation about how well its covering Antibes and English Yellow, we have just about half a sample pot left and almost complete coverage! Wow is all I can say!
Within half an hour Elizabeth was able to start the second coat. Before she got started Elizabeth added a dribble of water to the pot, gave it a quick shake and got to work. With just a little more Country Grey we have complete coverage over the Antibes. The inside barely needed another coat as the English Yellow was almost completely covered, but what the heck we wanted to see just how far it would go!
There you go, like that old saying goes, its Good To The Last Drop!
The paint is still a little wet but in about 45 minutes we had 2 coats on this handy little bookshelf all with a 4oz sample pot of the best paint in the world, Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan! Once its dry we can finish off with a coat of Clear Soft Wax and maybe a little Dark Wax if the mood strikes us!
If you’d like more information about Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan or any of her fabulous products be sure to stop in the shop or give us a call. Interested in a workshop? We have a full description of all of our upcoming workshops in our Calendar. You can find your local stockist here.
Happy Painting
Melanie xo
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208 Ottawa Street North, Hamilton, Ontairo
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