Finished repainted chest of drawers… |
Pretty painted chest will look great in my craft room makeover! |
For Brush Painting, I found this excellent youtube to help anybody who has never painted furniture before. This gal has all the right moves.
Laying out the drawers for sanding and removing the hardware before I start the furniture primer coat…… |
My supplies to start the sanding and primer coat… |
Oops, first I covered the hardware with masking tape…..I’m lazy remember? Then the hubs came home and took them off for me with his cordless drill….those men and their power tools….gotta love ’em…. |
Old dusty chest of drawers in ugly bugly brown to go with the pastels in the craft room….need to do a little change up! So I’m spray painting the wood. |
6 GREAT TIPS FOR REPAINTING FURNITURE
I spray painted my dining room table (ball and claw) and all the oak chairs last summer from light oak, wood color to black (when I’m off of school I paint my brains out!) HERE’s a link. so I learned dos and don’ts from doing all those painting projects. Here are my tips:
You could start with 120 if you really need to remove stuff…I used 150 grit sandpaper and called it done after a light sanding…. |
Hand sanding…just a bit to roughen up the surface….I would sand more if it needed it….you be the judge! |
2.USE A GOOD PRIMER COAT! I always prime stuff I want to turn out beautiful. Use KILZ brand primer if you are doing something light colored. KILZ only comes in white finish. But if you are painting something red, black or brown, I would instead use a good KRYLON primer near that color. Both are around $4.00.
Spray painting wood furniture…you need this KILZ primer. It’s great! The Valspar doesn’t cover as fast . |
4. BUY KRYLON SPRAYPAINT at Walmart for around $3.00. It’s the best. Just ask anybody.Rustoleum is good too but some colors aren’t my favs. I did like this blue color and I got it on a good sale!! And for regular paint I love GLIDDEN from HOME DEPOT the best. It isn’t the most expensive, but it covers really well. The BEHR is just too thick for my taste.
Finished outside of the chest of drawers….looks pretty good! |
I went over each drawer twice after priming…It all took only 2 cans of Rustoleum spray paint and almost 2 cans of primer! |
The best part is…..my hubs mows the lawn the next day and all that paint disappears! (I love when that happens…somebody coming along to clean up my mess!) He also picks up my weeds when I weed the garden. Isn’t that cool? (i know…I should clean up my own weeds….. my bad.)
Setting out in the front yard, spray painted furniture drying in the shade……almost done! |
Finished Craft Room spray painted dresser! I used almost 2 cans of paint. And it was super EASY! I think I’ll put some vinyl lettering on each drawer….once I figure out what junk to put inside! |
That was the easiest furniture makeover I’ve ever done! 3 CHEERS for spray paint!
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