Let the paint dry 5.

How to make wood look distressed white. I used my ryobi battery powered sander. Place two or three handfuls of assorted heavy nuts, bolts or hardware pieces into an old pillowcase or sturdy fabric bag. Distress white furniture like a boss!

Use a small drill bit or dremel rotary tool bit to drill the holes. The water to paint ratio depends on the thickness of the paint. Worm holes really help make new wood look old.

This is the most straightforward way of distressing wood/furniture. The next day, you can dilute the. Finally, distress it final result.

Add a coat of wood tinge over the surface, using just enough to cover the entire. To use the layering block you apply a thin coat of paint to the bottom of the wood block and then dab some of it off with a paper towel. (we used a 3mm dremel cutting bit.) choose an area.

You can do it with several layers of paint for a more. Choose the right paint 3. Make sure that it’s beaten up one significant point that you need to know about distressed wood is that it looks like it’s been through a lot in life.

Paint the entire surface with white paint. Most of the sanding will be done after you paint. The first thing i needed to do was sand the wood filler smooth so it was flush with the surrounding wood.