Furniture painting and do-it-yourself restoration

Each of us has furniture at home that we want to update a bit to make the interior modern and more attractive. And help you with this painting furniture. Anyone can do such a simple job. To do this, you just need to stock up with the necessary materials and tools, as well as some knowledge that will be required to transform old furniture into new. It is our article that will help you in solving the question of how to repaint furniture from dark to light at home.

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How to prepare old furniture for updating?

Many cabinets, desks, chairs, beds are made of chipboard material, which is easy to paint, and not only. Reconstruction of old furniture by painting can significantly strengthen the surface, which often withstands quite large loads and damage. If you decide not to throw away your old furniture, but to remake it, then let's begin to figure out what ways it can be updated.

Do-it-yourself furniture painting is possible only after the completed stage of surface preparation for further work. Let's look at the main ways to clean the surface of the old coating:

• Chemical method. In this case, special chemicals are used that will be required to remove the old paint or varnish. Everything is very simple here - the selected chemical agent depends on the type of past coating.

Important! Remember to wear protective gloves before starting upcoming work.

• Thermal method. The surface treatment of furniture will occur with hot air or steam. To do this, you need to have a building hair dryer available or buy (rent), which will need to be sent to the surface of the processed furniture and hold it until the layer of paint or varnish is completely softened. After that, the removed mass must be removed with an ordinary scraper, and after that - putty and wipe the furniture.

Important! If you use brushes to paint furniture, we recommend buying new ones with firmly set bristles to eliminate the risk of hairs getting onto an already painted surface.

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What paint is better to paint furniture?

Of course, so that the result obtained lasts longer, and the staining process itself does not cause unforeseen difficulties, it is necessary to select high-quality solutions.

Lucky

For restoration of the furniture surface, you can use not only paint, but also special varnishes, which will make it not only more attractive, but also protect against possible pollution, moisture and parasites.

The list of varnishes suitable for painting furniture:

• Water based varnish. They can cover any wooden surface. This varnish is completely non-toxic, but dries for more than two days.
• Oily (shellac lacquer). If you want to achieve the effect of old furniture, then this varnish is exactly what you need. Shellac lacquer will give the furniture an incredible shine and polished surface.

Important! Its natural color is amber, so a stain or stain is often added to it to give the composition a brown tint. The tool is very popular, but expensive.

• Polyurethane They have excellent traction with wood, have a high class of wear resistance.The product must be diluted with a solvent, and then applied to a previously prepared surface.
• Nitro-lacquers. Their purpose is to paint small wooden parts. It is easy enough to apply, dries quickly, but has low wear resistance.

You can also take solutions:

• Alcohol
• Alkyd.
• Epoxy

Important! Unlike paint, varnish is able to make the surface more solid and resistant, therefore - durable.

Paints

If you are thinking about the question of how to paint furniture, then we present to your attention an assortment of suitable coloring compounds:

• Acrylic paint. It is considered the most common among all dyes. It is highly resistant, easy to use, dries very quickly, excellent for painting absolutely any furniture. In addition to the above advantages, you can add a few more features: acrylic paint does not have a pronounced odor, is easily diluted with water, which helps to save material.

Important! Using acrylic paint in a spray can greatly simplify your work. Such paint will lie flat on the surface and dry much faster than with a brush or roller.

• Enamel paints. Such a coloring composition will not only update old furniture, but also make its surface perfectly shiny and glossy. Due to the special structure of this dye, the furniture will not look like painted, but as from an expensive material.
• Oil paint. It will help to add a matte effect to the old furniture surface.
• Transparent paint. It is used to preserve the natural structure of a wooden surface. The range of colors is very large, and the consistency allows you to use several shades of dyes to get exactly the result that you have been dreaming about for so long.
• Pentaphthalic, nitrophthalic and glyphthalic paints. Suitable only for painting garden and garden furniture, but for the reconstruction of home - they are not suitable.
• Thixotrol paint. She can paint absolutely any furniture. It has a dense consistency, perfectly fits, does not drain and does not leave any smudges after application. After drying completely, your furniture will look like plastic.

Impregnation

So that after painting the furniture you get a beautiful picture of a tree, you need to take special tools:

• Stain. It is represented by construction stores in a large assortment in a sufficient range of natural shades of wood. This tool has a low class of impregnation - 0.3-0.5 mm. The tool is easily removed by grinding equipment and ordinary sandpaper.

Important! We want to note that you will not get such an effect from a stain as from mordant.

• Mordant. It copes with imitation of wooden texture. Due to the excellent composition, it will be difficult for anyone to understand that the furniture is not wooden, but painted. Tannins have good adhesion to a wooden surface.

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Do-it-yourself restoration of old furniture - white painting

Many still have a Soviet-style wall in the apartment, which is for us something more than ordinary furniture. Currently, masters use different methods to age their new chest of drawers, wardrobe and other interior items. This is now very fashionable, this style is at the peak of popularity. That is why painting wood furniture is the most optimal solution.

Materials and Tools

How to easily and quickly paint furniture white without dust and noise to make this process as comfortable as possible without harming your body and the apartment as a whole? To do this, we need to prepare the necessary materials and tools for work, namely:

1. Furniture for painting.
2. White paint.
3. Tray for paint.
4. Construction roller.
5. Dye tray.
6. Brushes of different sizes.
7. Rubber spatula.
8. Sander or wooden block.
9. Masking tape.
10. Fine sandpaper.
11. Protective glasses.
12. Gloves.

After preparing the above materials, you can safely get to work. Before you paint the old furniture in white, it should be prepared in advance, so that we will do next.

Training

If you properly prepare the surface for painting, then you will provide yourself with high-quality painting, which will last for many years. So, let's consider a step-by-step master class on preparing the furniture surface before the painting process:

• We carefully inspect the furniture that we intend to restore for minor breakdowns and other visible defects. If necessary, we repair and replace the built-in mechanisms: handles, locks, hinges. If necessary, remove the exfoliating varnish. We remove the doors, remove all the drawers and unscrew the locks and handles from the outside.
• We sand the surface (glossy and matte) with the finest emery paper.

Important! We use a skin of precisely such grain size due to the fact that such sandpaper does not leave behind deep scratches that would be difficult to hide with a primer, and even more so with paint. If you have a grinding machine, then this is an even more convenient option.

• We cover the furniture surface with a primer. Using putty, we close up all problem areas. It is this combination of finishing mixtures that will ensure good adhesion of the materials used. Degrease the surface with a cotton swab with alcohol so as not to leave a slippery film.
• Now apply an acrylic primer so that it soaks even the smallest scratches and cracks. To do this, use a brush, driving the composition deep into surface damage. We are waiting for the complete drying of the soil.
• We pick up a rubber spatula, putty on the visible defects of the restored furniture.
• After the putty has dried, we sanded the places on which it was applied. For these works we use a grinding machine or, again, fine-grained emery paper, stretched on a wooden block.

Important! If necessary - sand the furniture several times to achieve the most even and smooth surface.

• After all previous work, remove dust from the surface and prime it well.

Staining process

For example, we will paint the old kitchen cabinet, which suffered from moisture and mechanical stress. To do such a job is simple enough with your own hands, it will not take a very long time, and the result will be simply amazing.

So let's get to work:

1. Apply impregnation to the wooden surface of the cabinet. Impregnation acts as a sealant and helps to evenly put paint. Give some time to dry.
2. We apply a stain to the kitchen cabinet, which it is desirable to apply with a wide brush, performing circular movements, so that the product is well absorbed into the wooden texture. The final application is carried out in the direction of the wood texture to get the most even coating.
3. We color the cabinet with white paint, distributing it evenly over the entire surface of the cabinet. On top of the paint, an additional protective layer can be applied with a special moisture-resistant and antifungal agent.

That's all the work! The restoration of old furniture with their own hands painting in white has come to its end.

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Stock footage

Now you know not only how to paint furniture, but also how to do it yourself. As you already understood from the above, to do this is not so difficult as it seems at first glance. To do this, you just need to stock up on everything you need and will do the work in strict sequence to achieve the highest quality result.