Today I’m going to show you the products I used to paint a worn out French nightstand that I found at a local auction! This easy, silver metallic paint technique gave me the shimmery silver finish I was hoping for!
silver metallic paint technique
DRESSER BEFORE

prep work before painting
metallic paint

I used Modern Masters Metallic Paint for this piece. This was my first time using this paint. I purchased two six oz. jars and used less than half for this project! I used about 1/2 the jar of the Snowflake and just a little of the Silver! A little really goes a long way. The Modern Masters paints are labeled “opaque” or “semi-opaque”. The Silver shade is an opaque and the Snowflake (a shimmery white) is a semi-opaque. I mixed these two together to get the silver finish I hoped for! It’s an 80% Snowflake to 20% Silver mix.

Rub n’ Buff to Refresh Old Hardware

Bring out details with a Dark Wax


Looks as if you used magic on the French nightstand! Done beautifully. I intend to attempt the technique. Thx!
I have a question regarding the water based poly top coat. The wax is a petroleum based product so how did the water based poly work over it or did you just use the wax on the detailed areas and top coat the flatter areas? Thank you
I just used the top coat on the flatter areas as you said!