How to distrss a paint finish. First you'll need to get supplies together. You'll need the following: Two dry paint brushes, dry rags or towels, three small buckets, one with water in it, two or three different colors of paint, and sand paper. Next clean the surface to b distressed. Then chose your base color, this needs to be the darkest color you have, paint surface and let dry throughly.
. Clean brush. Then chose the next color, paint surface and let dry throughly. Clean brush. Next paint with the last color, this should be a color that works within your over all color scheme, paint surface and let dry throughly. Last, using the coursest sand paper apply pressure to surface, just enough to get to the first color of paint or the second, it does not matter do a small patch then move to another area and do the the samr , repeat over most if he surfaces leaving the top color to be the most prevelant.
