Do you think I can paint inside the house or will fumes be too much? Hey Michelina! So sanding makes things more durable, but since this is a shelf and not a dining table, I think you can get away with not sanding. Or plan on not living in your house for a few days while it airs out.
My first attempt at this. Thanks in advance! Hi — Can we use veener and make curved bends. Can veener bend? I want to refinish it though. Please help. Does that make sense? I hope this helps! I bought a bedroom set in a shiny black color with silver circular knobs on the stacked five drawer chest making it have far less width and much more height if calculated by the surfaces of both the drawered dresser and the chest, which lacked the dressers surface height if not including the very tall mirror on the dresser ,the dresser is also much wider than a chest due to the drawers being in stacks of three and side by side,also mentioned although the dresser had less height ,only if discluding the very large ,tall and wide mirror extending from the dresser.
Regardless of the lack of height nonincluding the mirror on a dressor there is much more drawer space.. I believe the beds size to actually be a bit larger than a full sized bed or possibly a queen,I need a new matress and possibly spring board if i dont go with a platform bed,and Ill definitely be upgrading to a queen and or king as i have several bedrooms.
It depends on if this bed set is made of wood or not. Its hard to tell with the black colored set, however the inside of the drawers appear to be wood. If this isnt real wood what can I do to make it wood and buy a headboard and backboard that would match the dark wood id like to turn this set into. Hi Taylor! Also looking for the same advice. So glad I came across this article! I am using an old entertainment center that is laminate for a DIY play kitchen for my niece.
I am so not a project doer, but I really want to be! What steps, in order haha, Should I follow for painting it? Any specific products you recommend? My biggest fear is the paint will chip off and it will not be able to be played with… any help is so appreciated!
Yay, that sounds like a fun project! Oil-based is the most durable, but it yellows over time. So if the base color is white, I would stay away from oil-based poly and stick with something water-based like Minwax Polycrylic.
I bought an old bedroom set to restore. The problem is, when something touched the pieces the primer that is sitting on top chips off. Should I sand the whole thing down and get rid of the primer and scrach the surface for bundling? I probably am better off throwing all the pieces out than doing that. Please help! Is there anything I can do to save my work? Oh noooo! When paint or primer is chipping off, you want to get all those loose pieces off.
This will give you a finish that will last for many years. Oh no! Need to strip everything down. I live in an apartment and need the space these pieces are taking. So, need to finish up this project ASAP. Is there another way, like using a top coat? One of those stiff clear one some furniture have? They seem to keep everything together?!?!? Thanks so much for your input. I appreciate it very much! I have an office desk with a black laminate finish.
The laminate is very thin and wearing through in spots. Can I sand grit and prime using spray Kilz. Then repaint it black and finish it off with water-based like Minwax Polycrylic? Yes yes! Good luck! Hi Dallas! As long as you prepare the laminate by sanding it to rough up the surface, and prime with a good oil-based primer, you can use any kind of paint!
You could sand off the edges when youre done too if you want it to look rugged and aged. Love your article! I would like to paint my kitchen cabinets which are engineered wood. They look like custom cabinets but are kits made to fit. The finish is a cream color with a brown glaze in the creases.
How would I go about prepping these primer, sand and what type of paint should I use? Thanks for your advice!! I would rough them up with grit sand paper, and prime with an oil-based primer like Kilz before painting! As for the paint, I would walk into a Sherwin Williams store and ask them what kind of paint they would recommend for kitchen cabinets. They have super durable paint specifically for certain applications like this. I would do some google searching for tutorials!
I have a white piece of furniture that is laminated and I want to simply distress it or create some vintage look! How would you do this? Just by sanding it? This is such a good question! Then you cal lightly sand the edges and corners just down far enough that that dark color of paint shows through.
If I am doing so do I still need to sand and prime the piece of furniture? You should go for it! You can stain laminate and even without sanding and prime. Get a stain with no poly… I repeat, no poly in it. You will have to coat it twice to get it a solid color but it works as a base primer and stain.
After dry then you can add a polymer over the top to protact it if you desire. I did my cabinets with a very dark color over a light-medium color with one coat and dabbed with paper towel as i went. It gave it a leather type weathered look and worked great. Hi Jason! The problem is, when something touched the prices the primer chips off. I probably am better off throwing all the prices out than doing that.
This will be my first project of this kind. Do you have any recommendations for what kind s of primer and paint to use over laminate? Thanks for any input. I would use an oil-based primer. My favorite is the aerosol Kilz spray primer. Just make sure you shake it really good or it will have a gritty texture that will need to be sanded afterwards. Then you should be able to use ANY paint over top of that even water-based!
I just purchased a dining table and bench with a veneer top. Do I have to prime first? I would just carefully read the instructions on the label and follow them to the letter!
I purchased a used headboard that I would like to restore and stain. I thought it was solid wood but after my husband got it home I see that one of the pieces has damage. And it is not solid wood.
It is I think cork board with something over it. Can I stain over this and if so do I need to sand it? The damage is just on two corners so not in the middle of the piece of furniture. Any way you can help me? I have a mid-century 2-tier veneered side table. No damages and I would like to staying the top and painting the rest.
Can I paint it without sanding or a light sanding will be all that I need to do? Thank you. But just a light sanding with grit should do the job. Enough to dull up the surface a bit. I am refurbishing a room that has a dry wall which is made from what appears to be a plastic laminated fake wood — I want to paint it — or disguise it! Can I use an acrylic paint? Or should I sandpaper the entire wall — a bit labour intesive — any other solutions — Thankyou.
Also, use a good oil-based primer and wear a mask! I use Bondo on wood veneer after all the loose pieces are pried off. After Bondo dries, you sand the heck out of it and it becomes SO smooth!! I have a dining room table that is probably 15 years old. The top has a design on it and I thought it was wood on the top. Shows you what I know. I was told this was from leaving glasses on the table that sweat that caused bubbling.
Is there any way to save this table. It has great sentimental value. I have a solid wood dining room table that I thought had a wood top. The table is probably years old. But after 4 kids the top is beginning the show wear. It is peeling some of the finish off. You can literally scratch it off with your finger nail.
But it also has some bubbling in spots where I was told that is from kids leaving glasses on the table that sweat and caused the bubbling. The table has a design effect in the top. Around the edges of the table it seems to be a different material because it has no damage. Do you think this can be repaired? I paid a fortune for the table and would like to save it. Hi, I purchased a brand new piece of furniture with a wood veneer finish.
It came in dark grey and I want to paint it white. Hey Sabrina! Hope that makes sense!! Can you help me fix a boo-boo? We bought a cheap desk for my son so he could sort out his finances. He was in a big hurry, but I wanted to paint it first. The laminate on the top surface was badly damaged and gouged, so I sanded the crap out of it.
Because I had sanded it down to the particleboard, the paint soaked right into it and the surface swelled up. I sanded it down again and repainted — which only made it worse! You can always re-veneer the table. Were you trying to stain the top? Thanks for being here for all us newbies. I picked up a piece off the curb, very cute, but… it would be my first project, I know nothing!
The top had absorbed moisture it was night time, very humid when I picked up , and at the edges was actually kind of spongy — I could dent it with my nail. So… what is that made of, and what do I do about it? Without damaging the surface, can I put bowels of hot food or cold glasses that will sweat on a laminate table table top?
I always wipe and dry it after eating. My father has just made a water stain on the veneer cabinet in the nursery, do you know anyway for me to get rid of it? Oh man Kirsty. Is the grain raised? Could you email me at beth realitydaydream. So I have old hotel furniture that has that plastic fake Shiny looking laminate. I actually want to turn this into mirrored furniture. Should I peel off the laminate and glue mirror or just sand down the laminate and glue the mirror?
Let me know how it goes! Great post and thanks for explaining it so easily. I am in the process of figuring all this out. Would you recommend sanding this piece first or just priming and then painting? Oh yes you can paint it! I would lightly sand it with grit sandpaper… just enough to take the shine off the finish. Then prime and paint! Just be sure to follow the instructions on whatever primer and paint you choose to use.
Can you stain a veneer after you sand it? Also what brands of paint, and primer would you recommend? Anything on top of the paint? As for primer and paint recommendations, I love Kilz primer the oil-based one! You truly get what you pay for. Because oil-based poly yellows over time. My uncles kitchen cabinets made of I believe thin, plastic, faux wood laminate glued to particle board.
Can these be sanded and painted? Would the process be the same as with veneer? Denyce, this depends if youre planning on painting the piece? Does this help at all?? Can this surface be painted, too? Or should we scrape off ALL the paper? So glad I found this blog! So I just bought a table today from the Habitat for Humanity store.
It really is a gorgeous table! Wish I could show you! The veneer has a small chip in the corner, and it looks like a kid tried to carve his name in the top. It also has some buckling in it, possibly from heat. Give the dresser a distressed look by rubbing the painted surface with candle wax, applying a coat of paint in another color, then sanding through some of the top paint color with a sanding block in areas that would normally receive the most wear.
Color wash the dresser by applying a tinted glaze over the painted piece with a brush, then rubbing off most of the glaze with a rag.
Cover the floor of the work area with newspaper. Set the dresser atop the paper, ensuring the paper sticks out far enough beyond the dresser to catch any paint spills. Sand the entire dresser surface, including the drawer fronts, with a fine-grit sanding block to scuff up the existing finish on the veneer, sanding with the wood grain.
SAS Interiors recommends grit. Scuffing the finish makes it more receptive to primer and paint. Wipe away the dust with a tack cloth or soft rag.
Or you can attach little bumper pads , which also helps keep the doors from banging closed. In my camper makeover, these cabinets went from two-tone orangey wood color, to a pretty light gray. Check out the whole camper makeover reveal post to see the rest of the projects! And just to be sure that this paint job would hold up, we took the camper out for the weekend on a muddy, messy camping trip and these cabinets performed amazingly well. The satin finish allows me to easily wipe down whatever drips or splats onto the surface, and they stand up well to scuffs and bumps.
Chalk paint is famous for sticking to just about anything, and in this case it makes the perfect primer between the laminate surface and the Satin Enamels paint. And the Satin Enamels provide the perfect durable finish over the chalk paint. All chalk paint needs a top coat of some kind. So they make the perfect pair for a DIY kitchen makeover, or updating an old piece of laminate furniture. The process remains the same. And as always, let me know if you have questions along the way!
Sanding is not necessary to prepare laminate for paint, but you might want to check between coats to make sure you're getting an even finish. You can lightly sand between coats if you see raised brush or roller marks. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Affordable Farmhouse Kitchen Lighting Options. Your article has helped me re painting laminate cupboards. One question, you suggest satin finish as the color coat. Is there any reason I shouldn't use semi-gloss paint?? I prefer that for my kitchen cupboards but won't use if it doesn't work.
It seems to eliminate the chalky paint or zinnser BIN step. Home depot and lowes carry it. Thanks for a great write up! Im testing this out now on my own klitchen. Just to let you know , the "chalky white" hyperlink above links to the wrong paint links to satin enamel. I learned this the hard way and bought the wrong one. Roger, thanks for letting me know!
I've fixed it in the post, and I'm so sorry I led you astray. Hope your project is going well! So helpful! Which method do you suggest for ash veneer that also has a Clear acrylic lacquer? You can use this method for that! Or you can replace the chalk paint with Zinsser Bin primer if that's easier to find. Thank you. Creating a color-filled life.
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