White Wax is perfect for creating a faded, washed or limed look on a piece of furniture. You can apply it over top of paint or directly on raw wood. Once you apply it, you don't need an additional topcoat over the white wax.

Do you use clear wax before white wax?

You can always lightly sand some of the grey off if you apply to much paint. Finish your piece with white wax or even dark wax at this point. ... They have a smooth creamy wax, that doesn't need a clear wax applied first.

Do you wax before or after distressing?

There are two different schools of thought of whether to wax before distressing (and after) or to distress first, then wax. Annie Sloan herself recommends applying at least one layer of wax first before distressing because the paint is very chalky and can produce a lot of dust when sanding.