The furniture is old and the paint is worn out. We can bring it back to life with a fresh coat of paint. How do you paint it? It’s not that hard, just a few basic tools and some time. The following career knowledge is about the detailed approach.
1. Do your homework
1. First lay newspaper on the floor, then open the doors and Windows to ensure adequate ventilation. Place the wooden furniture to be painted on top of the newspaper. Before you start, put on a mask and gloves.
2. Remove the hardware from the furniture using a screwdriver. If you are going to paint a chest of drawers or dresser, remove the hardware from it first. This has two benefits:
One is to ensure that the paint is not brushed on the hardware; The second is to replace the hardware or paint it completely.
3. Repair gaps, holes and dents with adhesive sealant (putty). Use a putty scraper to remove excess sealant and allow to dry.
4. Sand down the outside of the furniture. This is done to remove the protective varnish or paint on the outside of the wooden furniture, making it easier for the primer to adhere to the furniture.
Where the sealant is applied, if there are uneven places, also use sandpaper to polish fully, so that the place where the sealant is applied and the rest of the furniture are kept flush.
5. After polishing the outside of the furniture, use a clean rough cloth to gently wipe, you can remove the residue, so that the outside of the furniture clean and tidy. If needed, you can use a gentle detergent and then dry the outside of the furniture with a cloth.
Second, apply primer and paint first
1. Apply a primer if you want your furniture to look evenly colored. Using a paintbrush and rolling with a roller, gently apply a primer to the outside of the wooden furniture. Paint brushes are used to brush edges, corners, and hard-to-reach areas; Use a roller to roll a large, homogeneous area without a wavy shape. Let the primer dry before applying the paint.
2. After the primer dries, smooth down the outside with a fine grit sandpaper. Sanding with sandpaper will allow the paint to better adhere to the primer.
3. Paint first, using a roller and then a paint brush. If possible, roll even sections with a foam roller, then repaint evenly with a paint brush. It is rare to pay attention to the places where the roller cannot be brushed, such as the corners. When the paint dries, check to see if there are any areas that are not fully painted.
4. Apply a second coat of paint if needed. According to professional paint artisans, a coat of primer and paint is not enough to produce a professional effect, a layer of paint to dry (preferably overnight, at least 6 hours), and then brush the same paint again in the same way.
5. Paint with precious paint (optional). When the paint dries, apply it with varnish or sealer to prevent nicks and scratches. This will also add a slight shine to the furniture.
6. Wait until the paint dries and the painting is over!
A reminder:
1. Acrylic paint can be used, so that there is no need to brush precious paint after painting, because acrylic itself can provide enough precious paint.
2. Add some paint to the primer, so that the primer brush will come out thicker, thus reducing the possibility of wood grain penetration.
Wooden furniture nursing way
1, dust recuperation
Get a soft, dry towel, do not wet, gently wipe the outside of the furniture, along the grain of the wood to remove dust. No cleaning agent is required throughout the process, so as not to irritate the outside of the furniture. If it is the same as normal care, you can accept professional wood household cleaners, which can help remove pollutants in the air, oil fumes, excess wax and so on
2. Stop scratches
If there are scratches in the furniture, it will not only affect the beauty of the furniture, but also affect the service life of the furniture. So in the course of use should only prevent hard objects or metal products and furniture in direct contact with the damage. If you are not careful about small scratches, you can choose to apply wax strips similar to the color of the furniture wood to the scratches and fill in the cracks. Then wax the area again to maintain gloss
These are all the knowledge about how to clean wooden furniture and the way of nursing wooden furniture, wooden furniture is a kind of furniture in contrast to environmental protection, has been loved by everyone, but wooden furniture must be nursed well, so that it will not be easy to damage.
