I have not painted laminate, but I always use oil based paints with oil based primer and water based paint with water based primer. I have not, I don't think paint would hold up on something that would be used so often and for so many functions. You can use water based products and oil based products over one another most of the time as long as you follow the directions for cure time. I use oil based stains all the time with waterbased topcoats.
The only real oil-based products I use are primer and stain. Thanks for the tutorial. It seems like the same thing I do before I paint anything at least the way my dad taught me. I typically tint my primer a lighter shade of the final color of paint.
It has made painting everything from rooms to furniture much easier. You say to use oil primer. I have a ton of water based zinsser and want to know if I will totally screw it if I use that instead of the oil based.
I have a dresser that I am turning into a buffet and I need to do it double quick before the in laws visit in about 10 days. I would hate to have to take another trip to the hardware store as I am rushing to get a few other must do's done as well.
Thanks ahead of time. I haven't used water based primer. My main reason is it doesn't stop bleed through which is one of the major reasons I prime. Read the can and see if it can be used on slick surfaces like laminate. Reeves, thanks for the informative Tut.
Probably no one else was confused by this. I purchase sandpaper from Home Depot and Lowes. I have also purchased some off of Amazon. Whatever is easiest and most convenient for me, and cost is also a factor. I buy regular sandpaper, not the ones that are specifically for metal it would specify on the package if it were, in my experience. I want a more quality painted finish and much different look that what chalk paint offers.
With laminate, primer is a necessary step for me. I want a product that is specifically designed to bond to laminate and also help my paint stick and last.
TSP stand for trisodium phosphate which is a cleaning agent. You can read more about the product and directions on the back of the bottle. I am preparing to paint a bathroom lamimate countertop with Annie Sloan chalk paint.
Have heard it willl stick to anything. Already tried primer, which did not seem to adhere well, but kept going with three coats and then used stone spray paint over it. Total disaster. Would welcome any advice to make it work this time! Did you really sand and rough up the laminate so the primer had something to hold on to? Also, you have to be sure you are using an oil based primer that is meant to bond to laminate. The surface has to be extremely clean, so wiping it down many times with a damp cloth, tsp substitute wash, and a microfiber cloth should get everything off it.
Both primer and paint take days to months to fully cure and the durability happens overtime and with the right products the primer, paint, and sealer. So funny. I have this exact same dresser and I have been wanting to paint it for so long. I never thought it was possible, but with this tutorial, I am seeing that it is. Do you have any photos of your finished product? Thank you! I had two questions. Any musts or must nots? I do use synthetic steel wool or a very high grit sanding sponge between coats to smooth it out and get any small fuzz or particles that may have landed in the finish while it was drying.
You will need to strip off the finish that is already on it. From there you can just sand and seal it in its natural color or apply a lighter stain and then seal. This is a very good tutorial!
I just brought home an American of Martinsville bedroom suit that was my grandfathers that my daughters are going to be using. After I realized it has a laminate top, I was sad I was not going to paint. Your tutorial is perfect to set my mind at ease! Love the videos! Laminate finishes are very thin, and you can easily sand through to the engineered wood below. Using the Zinsser BIN Primer that I recommend above, you can paint laminate furniture without sanding, saving you the extra time and effort!
You can skip the primer if you are painting laminate furniture with chalk paint. I opted not to use chalk paint on my bookshelf project, because I wanted to use the exact same color paint as our walls. Laminate is a man-made, plastic-like finish. Laminate can NOT be stained. Wood veneer furniture, on the other hand, has a thin layer of real wood that is bonded to a less expensive surface like MDF of particle board. Because wood veneer does have a layer of real wood, it can be sanded and stained.
A: This is a great question, and one I get asked a lot. Primer can make your paint projects easier and provide better finished results. Primers make painting easier by promoting topcoat adhesion, providing better coverage, blocking stains, blocking odors, and more. I wrote a post titled When and Why to Prime Before Painting that should tell you everything you need to know.
Thanks for this! I would love to paint our Ikea bookshelves as a temporary solution and this was helpful. Can I ask if you have found that painting in this way stands the test of time? Thank you for the great information.
It is badly stained with paints and markers and various other young child mediums! Will the primer suggested work to cover before painting? Thank you. Before starting, I would use a Magic Eraser to remove as much of the marker as possible, and the prime and paint as recommended above. Thank you so much for your information! Have you used this primer on cabinets before? Trying to research what the best option is and I believe we have cheap build grade laminate cabinets. Thanks for the detailed guide on how to paint laminate furniture.
This awesome guide motivates me to take this step. Again Thanks! I used rustoleum chalk paint on laminate and it kept peeling off. If you were to skip those two steps, your paint would have nothing to adhere to and would most likely peel right off. Jenna Burger, the creative force behind SAS Interiors , is both a home blogger and a professional interior designer, not to mention a wife and mother.
She has been passionate about interiors from an early age, though got her start in the field through architecture. After graduation, she switched gears and her dream of becoming an interior designer finally became a reality. Disclosure: BobVila. This post is sponsored by Wagner and contains affiliate links. Clearly I never take photos of our bedroom because this photo from last Christmas is the only one I could find of this dresser.
Anyways, we took him to Home Depot and let him choose a color for the dresser, and I set off to do some research and figure out how to paint the laminate dresser to ensure that the paint would actually be durable. Zinsser has always been my go-to brand for primer anyways, so I decided to give it a shot. I started by painting all of the laminate with two coats of the Zinsser shellac-based primer. I used a foam roller and a brush for this part, but you technically could spray it.
Primer is on the thick side, so I generally prefer to just paint it on by hand, then switch to the sprayer for the top coats. After doing two full coats of primer on the dresser and allowing it to cure overnight, I switched over to my sprayer for painting.
I often get questions about my paint sprayer, what we think about it, and how easy it is to use. It makes life way easier and I always have some of it on hand!
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