Weathered Wood Paint Finish

Learn how to create a weathered wood paint finish with this detailed video tutorial! A quick and easy way to make wood look old and weathered.

My search for a way to create a weathered wood paint finish started when I bought a wooden box to hold my essential oils. I loved how I could organize all of my oils, but wasn’t crazy about the new wood look on the outside of the box.

Unfortunately, I didn’t get a before picture of the oils box, but the outside of the box was new wood like you see here on the inside:

Which is OK, but not the look that I was going for in my office/guest bedroom, which has more of a beachy gray and white look.

So, I decided to try to create a weathered look for the oils box. The first product I tried didn’t create the look I wanted, so I experimented with a couple of paints that I already had, and came up with this weathered wood paint finish. Here’s what the box looks like now:

I’m really happy with the results!

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Materials Needed:

Gray Paint –
White Paint
2 Paint Brushes
2 Rags
Water
Fine Grit Sandpaper
Tack Cloth

Instructions:

I’ve created a video that shows how I create a weathered wood paint finish, and have written out the directions below the video.

Lightly sand wood with fine grit sandpaper.
Clean wood with a tack cloth.
Mix the gray paint with water. 1/2 paint to 1/2 water.
Brush the gray paint mixture onto wood, and immediately wipe off the excess with a rag.
Mix the white paint with water. 1/4 paint to 3/4 paint.
Apply the white paint mixture to the wood with a brush, and immediately wipe off excess with a rag.
If you want to protect the painted surface, you can apply coats of polycrylic after the paint has dried. I’ve created a video that explains how to do this. You can find my How To Apply Polycrylic Over Paint video here: