Painting wood furniture can make them come to life with color and painted pattern
Painting wood furniture white is a useful trick for the budget homeowner. Individual steps need to be done quickly, but the overall process takes time. You can completely alter the appearance of furniture, creating some very interesting effects.
Ensure that the area or furniture that you are going to paint is thoroughly cleaned then apply two coats of your chosen base color, allowing the first to dry completely before the next application.
Painted wood furniture will cover up any marks, repairs, or other flaws in the wood, and is less labor-intensive, since you don't necessarily have to strip the wood first. Any paint designed for use on wood, such as oil-based or eggshell, should be sufficiently hardwearing on furniture.
If you want to use an oil paint, you may find matte-finish oil paint more pleasing than gloss. Read paint can labels to estimate paint.
Painting wood furniture with a slow-drying top-quality paint will prevent brush marks. Look for paint with a drying time of about 24 hours. Always brush in the direction of the grain, this will make any brush marks less noticeable. To avoid brush marks, it's also important to use good-quality brushes when doing hand painted wood furniture.
If your wood furniture is in good condition and just needs some brightening, you can revive it by cleaning it and applying new vanish.
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