How To Paint Shiny Laminate Furniture

Prime with a bonding primer.

How to paint shiny laminate furniture. As the laminate furniture is shiny and is embossed with glossy paint you need to make it dull using sandpaper. I started by painting all of the laminate with two coats of the Zinsser shellac-based primer. Laminate CAN be painted but it can NOT be stained.

How to upgrade old laminate furniture with a fresh coat of paint. To learn how to correctly paint IKEA laminate furniture without sanding keep reading. Ive always been curious to know what primer REALLY is the best for painting laminate furniture and if you can REALLY get away without sanding before priming.

This handy product will remove the shiny finish on your laminate furniture and gives your paint and primer something to adhere to. A piece of laminate furniture that has already been painted is ready to go when it comes to giving it a distressed appearance as you wont need to prime it or give it a base coat. The laminate is too smooth for the new paint to adhere properly so the first step is to rough up that laminate a bit and prime it for painting.

Wipe down sand excess then prime. How to paint laminate furniture Materials needed. If you are sanding a solid wood piece a good orbital sander will get the job done quickly.

Painters tape I used this kind Paint We used Behr Marquees Truly Olive 400-grit sandpaper. Painting a laminate dresser or Ikea furniture isnt hard at all. It will make swirls in the wood and show through your paint.

Laminate is a man-made shiny smooth non-porous material that is like a print or photo of wood grain. Lets get into the details of refinishing laminate furniture. Give it two to three coats of paint and then a top coat such as polyurethane to seal it.