How to paint polished furniture?

Do you want to paint furniture at home? Of course, this is true when the furniture has lost its attractive appearance. Did it become annoying? Restoring old furniture is a great solution for updating it. By comparing the cost of all supplies, you will realize that restoration will save your savings on other expenses. Knowing the right approach, you can give a new life to an old, but beloved piece of furniture. For example, your school desk can be changed beyond recognition by redoing it in a vintage style. It is not so difficult to carry out these works, the main thing is to know the technology, how to choose the right paint and how to paint polished furniture. Only zeal should be shown, and then everything will go like clockwork.

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How to paint furniture yourself?

How to paint the furniture yourself? Believe me, everything is not as complicated as it seems. Yes, of course, your furniture has lost its former appearance, chips have appeared, so in some places the varnish simply tears off. But this is not a reason to throw it away as an unnecessary thing. These flaws are easily fixed by repainting. At the same time, you can simply coat it with varnish, or give a completely different appearance by decorating the elements with different colors. You will be very pleased with the result of your work, and guests will appreciate it.

In order to paint furniture at home, then we will familiarize ourselves with the basic principles of the process.

Paint selection

Before you begin to paint furniture, it is worth choosing the right paint to cover it. The final result of the whole process depends on the choice of the coloring composition. Do not forget about it. At the same time, it is impossible to name, for example, one type of paintwork as more suitable - everything determines the type of furniture and the result you want to get.

Let's consider in more detail how to choose the right paint. The choice of paint directly depends on the quality and type of coating:

• The composition of the tree should be covered with wooden furniture.
• Metal paint - metal interior items.

In some cases, the paint should have:

• Waterproof property.
• Frost resistance.

It is necessary to build on the type of coating, it happens:

• Glossy.
• Completely matte.
• Transparent, that is, coated with a varnish composition.

In the event that fire protection of furniture is necessary, the surface is coated with special fire-retardant paints. In this case, it is necessary to process with such a tool both wooden and metal parts. They use fire retardant paint, such as “Polystyle” or its analogues.

Important! If you need to paint metal garden furniture from metal, then the most basic requirement for this dye is protection against possible corrosion. In this case, we recommend Zings conductive paint, which will help create both barrier and cathodic protection.

For different furniture, not only different types of paint are used, but also various coloring technologies. At the same time, many of them are radically different from each other.

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Painting lacquered furniture

Can I paint a lacquered furniture wall or bedside table without removing the gloss? Has your once glossy furniture lost its former luster, faded, or in some places you can’t see a beautiful finish? Do not rush to get upset, it's all fixable. This can be easily fixed by applying a new coating.Your favorite cupboard will delight you again. A little creativity, effort and imagination, and you can do it yourself. We will tell you how to paint lacquered furniture with your own hands.

Materials and Tools

First of all, for painting lacquered furniture we need:

• Acrylic paint.
• Varnish (glossy or matte).
• Brush
• Screwdriver.
• Nail polish remover.
• Primer for wood surface.
• Roller.
• Putty knife.
• Brushes of different widths.
• Fine sandpaper.
• Grinding machine.
• Metal washcloth.
• Construction hair dryer.
• Detergent or soapy solution.
• Mixture for wood protection.
• Respirator.
• Solvent.

Surface preparation

So, when all the necessary materials are purchased, we proceed to the preparation of furniture for staining, namely:

• We extract all the contents from your chosen furniture.
• We remove the doors.
• We take out the boxes.
• We remove hooks, loops and other accessories.
• We clean the mounting parts.
• With a soapy solution, degrease this surface, leave it to dry completely.
• For convenience, we place the furniture horizontally.
• Using a building hair dryer, heat up surface areas.

Important! Such work must be done carefully and very carefully so as not to spoil the furniture.

• Using a spatula, remove all old polishing. The remaining varnish is removed with a metal washcloth. The procedure must be repeated several times.
• With sandpaper we clean the wooden surface.

Important! You can use sandpaper of different grain sizes, but you need to finish the smallest. It is necessary to overwrite until a uniform surface is obtained.

• Next - carefully putty chips, cracks and other defects.
• After the putty is completely dry, sand it again with sandpaper or a sanding machine.
• After puttying we apply a primer layer, wait for it to dry, and for the last time we clean it to roughness.

Important! The primer protects old furniture from peeling of varnish, from the appearance of chips and cracks.

• Optionally - treat the surface with insect protection.

Now you know how to prepare home furnishings to paint veneered furniture without spending a lot of time and effort.

Another way to remove old polish:

• Pour the binder into the container, carefully apply it with a brush to a separate area measuring 50 by 50 centimeters.
• We wait until the mixture softens the entire old coating. The binder solution only works in the wet state. This will immediately remove one coat of paint.
• Align the surface of the wood fibers with a spatula. These manipulations must be repeated until we see a natural tree.

Important! In order to remove the paintwork in hard-to-reach places, for example, corners, you can use a regular toothbrush.

• Next, apply a binder with metal wool to a surface of about 30 by 30 cm.
• Wipe the top with paper, leave to dry for about a couple of hours.
• We recommend sanding the surface with coarse sandpaper. This will remove the remnants of old paint or varnish.

Important! The special composition is of two types - liquid and thick. Thick - cover vertical surfaces, and liquid - carved parts and hard to reach places.

Coloring lacquered furniture

We recommend painting polished furniture with a substance that can evenly apply it, while maintaining its luster for a long time.

Important! For these purposes, it is best to use acrylic or latex paint.

So, let's start the staining process itself:

• We start the procedure by painting the internal shelves, coasters, various indentations. Do not forget to paint over joints and corners.

Important! All shelves and drawers should be painted separately from the main surface, which for a while needs to be covered with a protective film.

• After the internal elements are already stained, we begin to paint the main surface.We do everything extremely carefully so that there are no smudges and omissions.
• After the first coat has dried, apply a second coat of paint.

Important! Polished furniture can be painted with a spray gun. Unlike a brush or a roller, it is able to evenly distribute the paint, without stains and overlaps.

• After all the elements have completely dried, we assemble.
• You can decorate furniture, complement with various creative ideas.

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Liquid Restoration

You probably thought how to paint old laminated furniture without removing varnish? It is possible, but you must be extremely careful to make such a decision. If you still decide, then paint with an inconspicuous small area, for example, below the chair. If after drying the paint went smoothly and without smudges, then you can safely paint over the rest of the surface.

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How to paint furniture white?

Do you dream of a wooden cabinet in the Provence style? Not sure how to paint a polished cabinet white? This is pretty easy to do.

Important! Before you paint lacquered furniture in white, you need to check that the purchased paint does not fade in the sun. Otherwise, the paint will quickly turn yellow, and agree that it will not be very beautiful.

White furniture in Provence style can be decorated in antique style, while being modern and very stylish. You need to go through these two steps:

1. Surface whitening.
2. Easy sanding.

Important! For these purposes, furniture made of oak, birch, pine or beech wood is ideal.

What is needed for this?

How can I repaint a veneered kitchen? Now we will tell you what paint paint the furniture in white, which is necessary. So, for work it is necessary to prepare such materials and tools:

• Acrylic paint in white or several different colors.
• Dark dye.
• Candles from ordinary wax.
• Brushes of different widths.
• Water based varnish.
• Emery paper of different grit.
• Steel wool.
• Rags.
• The cloth.
• Knife.

We paint furniture in Provence style

The process of painting furniture white consists of several important steps:

• It is necessary to clean the surface from various contaminants - dirt, dust. To do this, wipe the furniture with a soft cloth, leave it for a while for complete drying.
• If the surface was previously painted, then remove the layer of varnish with sandpaper (start - rough, finish - fine-grained).
• The places you want to highlight must be painted with a dark dye. It can be slats or edges - everything is up to you.
• In order to get the fashionable effect of antiquity, made in the style of Provence, the place of dark staining must be waxed. This is done so that the next layer of paint does not hold tight, thereby creating the effect of antiquity.
• Now we cover the entire surface with white paint, preferably several times.

Important! Do not forget that before each layer the paint should dry well. Since this is a white color, try not to stain the surface during operation.

• Places where black paint and wax were previously applied must be rubbed with a knife. We advise you not to press much - so the effect will be much better.
• If desired, furniture can be varnished from above.

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Stock footage

In this article we talked about how you can independently paint your favorite, but old furniture and give it a new life. Refresh the varnish, paint in a fashionable style, why not? In this matter, the most important thing is to follow the technology and carry out your work extremely carefully and carefully. Who knows, perhaps your creation will have no analogues in the whole world! Try, everything will succeed!