Painting Wood Dresser

Sanding helps the paint adhere better whether the dresser is stained or finished wood or laminate or plastic.
Painting wood dresser. Before you paint wooden furniture you should remove any existing paint sand the furniture and apply primer. Your furniture will look better if you use. This primer coat prevents tannin bleeding which happens when the oils in the wood bleed through the paint. Use a mini foam roller to apply three thin coats of semi gloss latex paint.
A stain blocking primer on raw unfinished wood dark wood knotty pine or oak wood gives you a good base for the paint. If you ve got a dresser or chest of drawers that doesn t quite match the rest of your home s decor don t throw it out repaint it. How to paint a dresser. In this case i chose to keep the wooden knobs and paint them.
Use the same sanding block and a new tack cloth. A fresh coat of paint can breathe new life into an old unflattering piece. Go show them this post about how to paint a dresser in 10 easy steps. Wipe down the dresser with a tack cloth or soft rag to remove dust or vacuum it with an upholstery brush attachment.
Then avoid distressing over those areas. Allow six to eight hours in between coats. I decided paint a dresser using rethunk junk products demonstrate how to paint a without sanding in this video. This repainted painted table is ready to head back home again.
For this the same priming painting sanding and varnishing steps apply though it s particularly important to use a light hand too much product on your brush will inevitably cause drips. Once that is dry use a foam roller to coat the furniture in a thin layer of latex or other indoor paint then run a paintbrush over the surface of the furniture to smooth it out. Click here to pin this post for later. If painting the drawer pulls come up with a way of keeping them from touching other surfaces.
Repainting painted furniture can be great to change your furniture as your decor changes. If you plan on distressing and don t want primer showing through cover just the knots with the primer. You can also see how i set up staged and photographed this table in a post with time lapse video here. I have a lot of people asking me about painting furniture without sanding.
Sand just enough to scuff up the finish for laminate or plastic or enough to remove the glossiness from a sealed painted or varnished dresser. If you ve got a spouse who complains about the amount of furniture you ve got hoarded up in the garage basement spare bedroom etc.