How to paint imitation stone, antique imitation for wooden furniture?

Why live with boring old furniture or spend tons of money to replace them, when you can repaint them into new and amazing pieces. Imitation paint jobs make your furniture unique to suit your décor, don't cost a fortune and require no special artistry skills. Try these faux painting techniques to refinish old wooden items! Turn the old space into a new, beautiful and wonderful space today.

1. Rustic Neck Style

1. Sand your item so the paint can stick. Wood furniture will be easily painted with paint, but with items made from hard materials like Formica, it will have to be sanded vigorously.
2. Paint the first primer with water-based paint and wait for it to dry after 24 hours.
3. Choose colors carefully. With this paint job, one color can show through the crack of the other. If you want to be more subtle, choose 2 different colors but the same tone, one darker than the other. If you want more contrast, choose 2 colors that can go together that match the color of your room.
4. Primer with the color you want to show through the cracks. Wait for it to dry.
5. Thicken paint add a layer of medium crack paint. As soon as you're done, apply a second coat of color. As it dries, the paint begins to shrink and crack, revealing the color underneath. Wait for it to dry.
6. You can make the item extra old if you like. Use a fine sandpaper to sand the paint around the edges or corners. Rub a little black or brown shoe polish into the carved areas, then wipe off the excess to create color and highlight. Replace rusty knobs and handles.

2. Granite

1. Select the area on the item that you want to look like a marble slab. This technique looks pretty lifelike if limited to countertops, cabinet tops and shelves and works for any shelving or support as well.
2. Prepare your piece by sanding and applying a primer. Wait for it to dry. Paint a black primer.
3. On a disposable plastic dish, add some dark green, and some light green, and a little white paint. Use an ice cream stick or plastic spoon to stir the 3 paints you make streaks of, but do not mix them.
4. Wet the sponge and wring it out. Dip this sponge into the paint plate, then dab on a rag or newspaper to remove excess. Pat and dab this sponge to create a random pattern on the item you are painting. Don't try to mix these colors together too much when you're painting. Keep doing this until the whole area becomes mottled. Until a small amount of black is revealed. Let dry.
5. Mix one part glaze and one part white paint. Dip the top of the laminate in the white paint. Draw n cracks on the surface of imitation stone paint. Don't do it evenly, the less perfect the better. Create white marks on the stone surface however you like. Wait for it to dry.
6. Repaint or spray a layer of acrylic over the granite imitation.

3. Faux Stone

• Choose the piece of furniture or detail you want to imitate. The same can be done for countertops and shelving. Prepare the sanded and primed item. Wait for it to dry.
• Paint the surface a medium gray color and let it dry. Mix one part glaze and one part light gray paint in a large container.
• Wet the sponge and wait for it to dry. Lightly pat paint and glaze in, then blot with a rag or paper towel to remove excess. Start patting it over the gray paint naturally and sporadically so that the paint underneath the gray paint comes out. Wait for it to dry.
• Add a layer of paint to increase depth and brightness by adding one part glaze to one part lighter gray and coat this with the same process.