About Chalk Paint

Photos courtesy of Annie Sloan

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint In Annie Sloan’s Own Words — Chalk Paint is a very special paint for very many reasons:

It’s the BEST paint for painting furniture by a long way.
You can use the paint by diluting it with water to make a wash to show the wood grain.
You can use it as an impasto (thickly).
You can use it on any surface, indoors and out (the outside of Annie’s shop was painted in it — perfect!)
No need to prime or prepare.
The colours are mixed intelligently and the web site shows how you can adapt your colours for your use.
It’s a girls’ paint, but boys can use it too.
It’s flexible so you can be creative and change your mind.
The paint can be washed off your brush even when you find your brush weeks later. [I never do that of course.]
It allows your walls to breathe so it is perfect for cottage walls.
Extremely low VOCs so it is good for the environment.
It doesn’t form a skin on it when you leave the lid off — just add some water if it’s too thick.
You can paint it on walls for a soft matte effect or wax it for a polished plaster effect.