4 the love of wood: CHALK PAINT THAT FLAKED OFF

It all started one dark and
dreary night a few weeks
ago. Okay it wasn't dreary
I just liked how that sounded.

Let's start at the beginning.

This big buffet came up for auction and someone

I didn't know placed the winning bid.

Come to find out a friend of ours, Leigh had really wanted it

but couldn't go as high as the winning bid. I was

disappointed for her but several days later when we picked

up our auction purchase, the big buffet was still unclaimed.

I let Leigh know right away and she returned the following

week to rebid on the piece and got it for a much better price.

Now this big buffet would came to me to be sprayed. All I
was going to do was spend a few hours in the warm sun
giving this big beast a few coats of AS Old White chalk paint.
Sounds simple huh?

Later that day something started to happen.

Out of more than a dozen ASCP pieces I had done to date

I had never encountered anything like this or even heard of
this happening. And I just read about a lady painting her
fridge in ASCP paint and it adhered great.

SO what on earth happened here?

The paint started to flake as it dried.

In one small spot and spread like a diseased wildebeest on

the Savannah. Paint was falling to the ground on it's own.

this is what it looked like the first try

this is what it looked like the second try

I didn't have time to play around.

I sanded the entire upper cabinet Top portion

and bottom portion with 80 grit sandpaper and

sprayed it once again.

It worked!!

Happy Dance

Doing test patches with your paint will save you time if you
think there could be an issue.
AND
It is always a good option to clean your project with
something that will cut grease like
TSP, HOUSEHOLD SPRAY DEGREASER, or my preferred
favorite is simple DISH SOAP AND WARM WATER

BUT in this case

I believe the cabinet was rubbed down with an oil, an oil that
adhered to the surface probably even penetrating it. There
was no way to know ahead of time as you didn't see or feel
anything and washing it did not remove it.

It's like a lottery I suppose, every now and then you will come
across a piece of furniture that has a mysterious product on
it that just won't allow paint to adhere, so sanding was the solution this time around.

Note: nothing was harmed in the making of this
project although I did want to throw things.

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