Make your home boldly your own by using the shades you like.
Recycled decor, painting and restoring old furniture is a small eco-friendly act - the choice of an environmentally conscious decorator: you don’t always have to buy new.
However, note that Frenchic paints are new types with new features, so you may need to adjust your old painting methods to suit Frenchic paints!
Get your tools and paints well in advance before starting the project.
Besides paint and brush, you might need a long-handled and handy roller, a paint tray, and mixing tools.
When painting walls, moldings, doors, and panels, also remember safe ladders, protective gear, and masking tapes. Move and protect other furniture in advance.
By painting, restoring, or waxing, even old furniture, doors, moldings, and wall surfaces can become beautiful and fit your home again.
Peel & Stick color samples let you choose a shade without painting. Read more here.
Test painting: Get a small 250ml test jar and try the paint before a bigger project. Choose the color, if possible, in the environment and conditions where the color will be used – you can best examine the color’s vibrancy in your own light and shadows.
For this, the Frenchic series offers 250ml sample jars, with which you can easily confirm the shade and coverage.
If you are unsure about the paint’s suitability for your project, try it first in an inconspicuous spot. At the same time, you’ll get an idea of coverage and paint consumption for your project and confirm the shade’s accuracy.
Unevenness in color shade can be corrected by adding another coat of paint – remember to stir the paint. If the shade difference between the surface to be painted and the chosen shade is large, you may need more coats than usual. Examine the shade and surface after two coats, when dry.
The condition, color, and age of the surface to be painted affect paint consumption and the final result – how the finished furniture looks.
Remember that the colors shown on your online store screen are created electronically and each screen displays shades differently. The experience of color is also affected by the material’s surface, its gloss, lighting, and other nearby shades.
Alternatively, you can order A5-sized Peel & Stick color samples to your home.
It’s worth studying shades at home on both horizontal and vertical surfaces.
Have you previously thinned the paint brand you used? Have you painted several thin coats?
Now change the technique: no thinning and use plenty of paint on the brush.
Frenchic paints benefit from a generous painting hand, and thinning is not recommended. The self-leveling, wonderful feature requires paint and time (drying time of the coat) to develop.
Heavy pigment settles quickly at the bottom, so stir the paint thoroughly. Follow drying times – both the drying time of each coat and the total drying time – you will notice a huge difference in durability and get a beautifully even paint surface!
Painting is quick and enjoyable – but also remember to give the process time – especially for the coats to dry.
The drying interval between coats for Al Fresco series paints is at least 2 hours and for the Lazy Range series at least one hour under normal conditions.
Read the instructions on the paint can before starting and FAQ - frequently asked questions.
Gray is a good base shade: paint the first coat with a gray shade – it neutralizes red and brown undertones immediately and you will need fewer white coats.
Coverage is also affected by careful stirring of the paint before and during painting.
With too thin coats and unstirred paint, you will definitely need to paint several coats before achieving a covering and even surface.
You can find drying times and other instructions on the paint can – please always read the instructions before painting.
Let surfaces dry for 48 hours before careful use.
Please do not place heavy TVs or flower pots on freshly painted surfaces. You will notice a big difference in durability when you let the paint dry calmly according to instructions.
Water-based paints, like Frenchic paints, reach their final hardness in about three weeks. Until then, the paint is fresh. Do not scratch or scrape fresh paint.
If the humidity is too high or the temperature too low in the painted space, drying of the paint film slows down and film formation is disturbed.
The surface of Frenchic paints becomes dust-dry quickly at normal temperature when painting and can be repainted after two hours.
Although the paint surface dries quickly after the painting process, it does not mean the surface has reached its final durability properties in the same time; wax and other protective properties in the paint continue to harden for weeks.
Surfaces can be used during this time, but heavy stress should be avoided before the paint fully hardens.
Join the FB group or follow on Instagram
Get inspired by our customers’ videos and idea photos in our FB group and see how your chosen shade looks in different lighting and on different surfaces.
Pro Tip: Search the FB group by shade name to get results of furniture, kitchens, or walls painted in that exact shade.
