How To Paint Wooden Letters Distressed

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Paint Forest Letters Materials

Assemble your materials and some protective newspaper.

For painting wood letters, y'all'll need spray pigment, latex paint (or both), a paint brush, pigment tray and sandpaper.
Prime the Edges of the Letter

For both spray paint and latex paint, focus on painting the edges first to ensure groovy coverage!

If your letters are 1/8″, 1/4″ or iii/8″ thick, the edges are darker because they are cut with a laser.

A base coat of a slightly lighter color or primer, or multiple coats of your colour choice, is needed to get them fully covered.
Consummate the Edge Color

Make sure yous have solid coverage of the sides of the wood letters before painting the confront of the letter.
Sand the Face of the Alphabetic character

Once dry out, sand any uneven paint build up on the front of the letters using a 220 grit sandpaper.

This will brand the front end nice and smooth.
Paint the Face of the Letter

Now you can finally paint the face of the letters!

Go ahead and glaze the letters using a brush and latex paint.

This normally will take 2-3 thin, even coats.
Washed Painting the Wood Letter of the alphabet

Here is the finished wood letter in rich purple.

Finishing your forest letters with spray paint is nearly identical except for the last step.

Prep the Edges of the Letter

Paint the edges with a latex color as close to the spray paint color every bit possible to get total, smooth coverage on your edges.

This stride is key!
Remove Paint Drips

Sand the face of the letter with 220 sandpaper to remove whatever paint drips.
Spray Paint Forest Letters

Focusing on the face up of the letter, hold the can 6-8 inches abroad and use fifty-fifty strokes that start and stop beyond the letters to prevent any drips or build upwardly.

Be sure to go those sides too. You'll encounter, the pre-painting of the sides will assistance a ton with this step.
Done with Spray Painted Wood Letter of the alphabet

Here is the grey script letter all painted and ready to hang!