Laminate Wood Furniture Paint

Please note this method is only recommended for ikea furniture with a laminate finish.

Laminate wood furniture paint. Once it s dry gently sand the surface with a 220 grit sandpaper. Next apply an oil based primer with a brush or roller and wait 4 hours for it to dry. It s easy to skip the sanding step because sanding is a drag but it s especially important with laminate. After a ton of research and trial and error i ve found a great way to paint laminate furniture or veneer covered piece of furniture and turn it into an awesome statement making.

But after a few months or even years the artificial look of the laminate gets dated and desperately needs a push into modernity. On most of the pieces using water based paint and finish worked great. Unlike wood laminate is a smooth non porous material so it really needs something to grab onto primer will do the trick. I have been painting furniture for 40 years.

You can sand prime and paint laminate as if it were a solid wood piece of furniture. If your piece is made of wood and not laminate then sanding priming and painting will give you a better result. Will you be painting any ikea furniture soon. Common concerns when painting laminate furniture are 1.

Bubbling while the paint primer is still wet 2. Sometimes this can be a major deal breaker when picking furniture. Find the paint and products we use here. Try proclassic interior acrylic latex enamel for lighter colors and all surface latex enamel base for deeper hues.

I d love to know if my tip helps. Latex paint is recommended for laminate surface painting projects because of its durability and smooth finish. To paint laminate furniture start by sanding down the surface using 120 grit sandpaper so that the paint will stick better. Then apply a coat of an acrylic latex paint with a brush or roller using short even strokes.

In the beginning i would sand down the wood or laminate clean paint my designs with water based acrylics and finish the piece with polyshield waterbased finish. Wood laminate furniture is often the epitome of an impulse purchase. You love it when it first arrives at your house and it fills its desired function. Because it s often somewhat glossy looking and important to sand it down until the finish is very dull before priming.

One problem that pesky laminate covering over the real wood.