How To Clean Chalk Paint After Sanding
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How to clean chalk paint after sanding. After you scrub the whole piece wipe off any residue with a wet rag. No need to worry about completely removing it in order to paint over it. The mineral spirits will break down the wax and as you scrub the wax will start to pull away from the paint.
Here are some quick tips on how to remove chalk paint from your paintbrush. You will need to clean your piece after sanding before you move to the fun part of painting. Then you will need to give the entire surface a good cleaning with a degreaser like TSP to clean off the residue left behind by the mineral spirits.
I like to feel the piece and it does not take much effort muscle power at all to do this step. Just allow the water to saturate the brush. I never use a power sander.
Then seal it with shellac let it dry and then paint another coat of chalk paint. You can get this can at Hobby Lobby for under 500 disregard the pencils those were for another project and comes in handy. I like how the Chalk Paint is polished and the end result is a silky smooth surface.
It is good to use a shop vac to clean the surface between sanding grits removing the larger grit particles from the wood before sanding with the next higher grit. While blowing the dust off with compressed air removes the dust it also mixes it into the air so some of it can settle back onto the surface and so you can breath it. With wax you have to reapply it every few months using cleaners and just the traffic of people will ware off waxand you have to reapply.
Use a cup or glass and fill it with water. The Chalk paint will go over anythingbut the poly will protect the surfaceand no. In this video Im going to show how I remove wax and repaint a vanity without sanding it.