Decoupage of an old chair into a new one with your own hands - decoupage technique
Many, as often happens, have houses availableit turns out to be an old, useless and battered chair. It should be thrown away, and then completely forgotten. But in reality, everything is not so simple. There are many reasons. Someone just feels sorry for an old, sometimes family thing. Someone is guided by economical issues and does not expect to buy a new chair when the old one is practically no longer usable. In general, there are many options due to which a problem with chairs may arise. And there is a solution to this problem.
Decoupage of an old chair into a new one with your own hands - decoupage technique
Decoupage of a chair is a common methodmodifications and improvements of old furniture. Using paints and primers, as well as special pictures - your chair can be improved. Starting from simple stylistic improvements, to changing the upholstery with subsequent imposition of the picture. But even the best and most difficult work should start from the basics. That is why this master class is intended to tell you about a simple and easy decoupage technique, designed to facilitate and simplify the process of working with a chair and improving it. We will use several decorating techniques, as well as special lessons, on the basis of which we will work:
- A set of liquids for degreasing (alcohol)
- Also, you need to take a paper-nazhdachku
- Sponges
- Brush
- Primer for wood, for cardboard
- Napkin decoupage
- Paint, acrylic
- Lacquer for decoupage, or for a hard surface
- Paint
The work on the product can be different.Some people prefer to remove the old paint. Some people think this is unnecessary. In our case, you don't have to remove it. But the product needs to be fully processed. We use our degreasing tools and process the surface of our chair with liquids. We process every unevenness with sandpaper. A loose chair should also be processed with special tools. Each fastening should be in place and clearly fulfill its purpose.The cleaned surface should be primedwith the help of a primer-paint and, of course, water. Unevenness and chips should be leveled with the help of a primer with a smooth surface. After the primer has dried, the entire product should be processed by sanding. In turn, the product is also processed with a rag for the presence of various dust. Several layers of primer should be applied, sanding the space of the chair in between and waiting until the paint takes on its original, high-quality appearance for the chair. Beautiful and new chairThen, we apply a primer to the surfaceacrylic paint. You should choose the right shade for the chair so that the paint matches the room and is expressed enough inside the room. We apply the paint using two tools - either a sponge or a brush. Some prefer to use a sprayer. After the paint dries, we work on the most important part - decoupage of the product. Decoupage consists of napkins that we must cut. In our case, these will be floral motifs, from which we will make beautiful and interesting compositions on the chair. Decoupage cards can also be suitable for such an action, on which the drawings are more thoughtful, and the cards themselves are prepared for the decoupage process and do not leave marks. Chair decorationFor decoupage card it is necessary to apply glueon the back of the drawing that we cut out, after that, we apply the drawing to the surface, using our composition scheme. The drawing must be smoothed out using a brush that has been treated with glue and water. Then, we leave the product to dry. With a napkin, the process is similar, but it is necessary to separate all the layers except the top one. We attach it to the surface that we painted and apply our varnish solution with glue on top of the product. Such glue is produced using acrylic additives, as a result of which the napkin will not wrinkle. The edges should be treated with paint so that they do not turn yellow.Decorations After, it is necessary to apply to the productgold paint. To do this, we will use the dry brush method. You need to take a coarse brush and put gold paint on the palette. It must be spread over the palette using a dry brush so that there is very little paint on the brush. Then, using tangential movements, we paint the surface, highlighting the parts that protrude. Each rib and leg, the edge of the seat is processed. Then, the product dries.After the paint dries, the chair needs to be covered with a special varnish for furniture. Also, we will use a durable varnish.