Just Black

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I love, LOVE to try new paints.  My old standby’s are General Finishes Milk had Chalk paints, Fusion Mineral paints, Country Chic  and Dixie Belle.  Recently I added The Chippy Barn’s Amulent Furniture paint to the mix and LOVE it.  Not too long ago I started noticing  a company on Instagram called Melange paints being used by multiple furniture refinishers that I follow.  Just as an aside?  On Instagram, I only follow two kinds of accounts:

Furniture Artists & Rock Stars :))))))

Go figure…….

ALL paint companies have pretty colors and Melange is not exception, but a photo on Instagram convinced me to place my very first order from Melange paints……….

Oddly enough, it was called Just Black :)))))

This is a perfect matte black ya’ll.

If you’ve never noticed I heart a good matte black .  this one from Melange self levels beautifully and that is SUPER important to me.  It is however thinner that what I’m used to using  so watch carefully for dripping .  It took me three coated of Just Black to get the coverage I wanted on this BIG ‘ OL oak piece.  There is a note on the back of this piece from the manufacturer that says Night Stand.  This thing is HUGE ya’ll.  I would hate to see the matching bed.  I did not take a photo of the before state unfortunately .  The piece was in excellent shape only way WAY too shiny, drawers appear to have never been used and it still smelled new.

That NEVER happens.  Not in my budget anyway.

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I sanded down the oak top and theN restained the top in Minwax Jacobean.  The grain is amazing .

For the drawers I did a paint wash.  I painted a moderate amount  of the Just Back over each drawer and waited no more than a minute and then wiped the drawer off ( in the direction of the grain) with a paper towel. When those drawers were thoroughly dry I sealed them and that top with Annie Sloan’s clear wax.

It is so rare that I can actually reuse the original  hardware on a piece.  Most of the time it’s partially or completely missing or not compatible with my vision of the piece.  In this case the super nice brass pulls are all intact perfect.

One more ;))))))

Ya’ll I am N U T S about this purse !!!

Paige

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