BEFORE AFTER
Supplies needed:
- 2 Old sliding doors, I found these gems at Habitat Restore in Bryan, TX
- Drop cloth
- Annie Sloan cocoa
- Mixol, Dark brown
- Metallic acrylic paint
- light and dark wax
- cheesecloth or old T-Shirt
- regular brushes and wax brush
I used dark gold metallic paint to give it the Zinc feel
Mixol, from a store that sells Annie Sloan paint
My inspiration from Southern Grace store, Downtown Bryan
I think I got the colors pretty close
1. Paint two coats of Annie Sloan cocoa on the inside of the shutters. Let dry, 1 hour.
2. Mix cocoa with Mixol in a container, (be sure to make it dark enough to see a difference. It took me several tries. Let dry, 2 hours.
3. Coat with thin coat of clear wax. See how here: http://southernhospitalityblog.com/annie-sloanchalk-paint-and-wax-how-tos/
4. Wipe thick spots with cheesecloth
5. Let dry overnight
6. Add the metallic paint using random and thick strokes with a black foam brush (the kind you made posters with and cost $.99 in craft stores)
7. Apply the dark wax, concentrating in the grooves where the doors fold.
You can see the detail of the dark wax here.
Voila!
