DIY How To Paint Laminate Furniture inward iii Easy Steps!

When nosotros moved into our solid a few years back, nosotros had ii hot pinkish couches as well as a mattress on the floor. That's nearly the fourth dimension I began finding quondam thrift shop article of furniture as well as icon it...and out of necessity, a hobby was born. 

Now iii years later, I've painted as well as repurposed tons of furniture, as well as my entire solid is furnished amongst my finds. 

This aqua bluish dresser is 1 of my favorites. Enjoy!

Last calendar week some friends were moving as well as they gave me a bunch of article of furniture from their basement. It was some pretty dated stuff, but I knew I could upwardly update amongst paint. The pieces were laminate, which normally isn't ideal, but I teach tons of questions nearly how to pigment laminate furniture, as well as I knew this would locomote a smashing lead chances to speak nearly it. 

So, hither nosotros go. This is how to pigment laminate furniture. 
I pigment the bulk of my existent forest pieces this way, too, hence it actually industrial plant for only nearly whatever form of forest furniture.

So, hither is the trailer amount of costless article of furniture I brought home.

I decided to start amongst the smaller dresser first 

(although I eventually painted the larger one, too).

Here's the earlier picture.

The dresser was inwards smashing shape, as well as was a perfect pigment candidate. After only a span hours of work, this is what I ended upwardly with. I intend it's my favorite pigment project.

Or at to the lowest degree a proficient contender to my all-time favorite. It's difficult to compete amongst that one.

So let's speak nearly the actual procedure of painting. One of the most mutual questions I teach nearly icon laminate article of furniture is if it should locomote sanded first. In my experience, no. Sanding laminate article of furniture tin impairment the laminate as well as basically ruin the piece. So, locomote careful.

 Rather than sanding the laminate, all y'all own got to practise to teach the pigment to adhere correctly is prime.

The argue y'all should prime number your laminate article of furniture get-go earlier icon is simple. Laminate has a shiny complete as well as if y'all only effort to pigment straight on it, the pigment volition non adhere good as well as you'll visibly run across the pigment bubble upwardly every bit presently every bit y'all apply it. I've made this error before, as well as it's a miserable moment. The solution is primer. Primer volition adhere to the laminate, as well as it volition create a surface that your pigment tin adhere to. It volition perish on your pigment from scratching or peeling off, it volition comprehend upwardly the forest stain, as well as it volition fifty-fifty comprehend upwardly that musty odor quondam article of furniture tends to have. Basically, primer is awesome. 

The primer I normally work is Zinsser primer (affiliate link). I've also used Kilz, as well as it industrial plant actually well, too. Just await for a primer that says it's proficient for adhesion.

Once y'all allow your primer to dry out (You likely exclusively bespeak to hold back a span hours, but I allow it dry out overnight.), it's fourth dimension to pigment the dresser. I was able to practise the entire dresser amongst 1 small-scale $3 sample of Behr apartment pigment inwards Marina Isle. It's 1 of my favorite pigment colors. It looks amazing on article of furniture as well as is the perfect footling aqua. To apply the pigment you'll bespeak an angled paintbrush as well as a small-scale foam roller. I work the angled paintbrush to teach into all the crevices as well as corners, as well as and hence I polish everything amongst the small-scale foam roller every bit I go, getting rid of whatever brushmarks. This volition give y'all a flawless, factory-like, polish finish. I did 2 coats, allowing it to fully dry out betwixt coats.

 I seat a tarp on my chamber flooring as well as painted it right there. 

I'm a ridiculous somebody as well as I practise non recommend this.

Once your pigment has dried, it's fourth dimension to seal it. This is the final step. I knew this dresser would locomote getting a lot of work as well as I needed it to locomote durable. So rather than wax it similar I practise to my chalk pigment pieces (like this one), I decided to work polycrylic. If y'all bespeak your pigment chore to locomote durable, teach amongst polycrylic (affiliate link). Polycrylic is smashing because it's durable similar Polyurethane, but it doesn't xanthous over fourth dimension as well as it's actually low-odor. To apply your polycrylic, only brush it on amongst a high character pigment brush. I did 2 coats, allowing it to dry out for several hours inwards between. If y'all tin run across whatever brushmarks, y'all tin sand lightly amongst fine grit sand newspaper 1 time the polycrylic is dry.

After the dresser was fully cured (about 24 hours), it was fourth dimension to alter the hardware. Changing the hardware is 1 of the best ways to update quondam furniture. Although the quondam hardware wasn't bad, as well as could own got been easily updated amongst a coat of silverish or ORB spray pigment (seen here), I decided to effort something new.

After finishing upwardly my kitchen cabinets and beingness thrilled amongst the hardware from D. Lawless, I was browsing their shop as well as establish that they had an amazing alternative of antique restoration hardware. I had been looking for something similar this for a actually long time, as well as was hence excited. 

It took me forever to decide, too, because in that place were tons to select from. I eventually chose the stamped solid embellished brass bail pull. 

These pulls were exclusively $3.45.

Which is crazy talk.

The pulls were originally brass, but I wanted to spray pigment them silver. The gilded push clitoris looked actually chic as well as reminded me of my favorite kitchen isle ever, but it only looked off when combined amongst the other article of furniture inwards the room. So, ultimately, I decided to spray pigment the hardware.

I'm happy amongst the means it turned out after spray icon the hardware, as well as it feels similar it only fits inwards amongst the residue of the bedroom.

A few hardware spray icon tips: Since I didn't desire the pulls to locomote vivid chrome, I decided to layer some spray paints. I sprayed the hardware get-go amongst the Rust-Oleum Bright Coat Chrome and as well as hence gave it a actually fine misting amongst the Rust-Oleum Universal Pure Gold (affiliate links). I dearest the result. It ended upwardly beingness a actually pretty pewter, as well as because it has some dimension to it, it doesn't await hence spray painted.

Here's a closeup of the hardware after beingness spray painted.

 To complete everything, I added a few thrift shop finds to the plow over of the dresser.

And whatever the cheapest flowers were at Kroger.

I establish the starburst mirror at Costco for $20. It was originally an outdoor mirror, but whatever.

And that, friends, is the story of the bluish dresser/how to pigment laminate furniture! Thanks hence much for beingness here. 

Want more? Head over to this post as well as cheque out my plow over 10 thrift shop article of furniture makeovers,

or this post where I response your plow over five article of furniture pigment questions!

'Til adjacent time!

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