Research online told me to choose just the right primer. All signs pointed to Zinsser. Off I trotted to my local Lowe's and I settled on this latex primer.
I purchased this little brush - whether it was the right kind of brush for the job, I do not know. All I can say is that I LOVED the short handle. It made it easy to maneuver as I put the primer coat on the chair.
I put only one coat of primer on the chair, and now that the chair is final, I believe one coat was sufficient. Though I completely covered the chair, the wood could still be seen through.
Once the primer was on, the chair sat for a few weeks, as I nervously pondered fabric, paint color and type. I needed a strategy...
I ended up settling on a lovely creamy shade of ivory/white.
Looking back, I made a mistake of putting too much paint on it too quickly. I did a coat, and then went over several parts of the chair without being patient enough for it to completely dry.
Though I did it in the heat of day outside, it took weeks for the chair to no longer be sticky.
Weeks after the painting, it was time to begin aging the chair. Because it had become cold inside, I needed to continue the project in the basement.
Next up was the anticipated aging process....
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