2007-02-09 08:43:06 · 8 answers · asked by Truly Amazing 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
I am a huge fan of milk paint. It is the easiest to work with, and it is non-toxic as well. Take some 100, or 120 grit sandpaper, and sand the entire piece. The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company has a wide variety of great colors to order from. The chair I am finishing right now has a coat of green, and a coat of white on it, and I will put a final coat of black on it today. The coats go on really easy, and they require light sanding between coats. When the black paint dries, I will sand lightly through to the white and green coats, giving the piece a distressed look. If I think I have made a mistake, I simply put some more paint on it, and it blends right back in. When I have achieved the look I want, I will then take a spray can of shellac and put 2 or 3 coats of that on the chair, using a "oooo" steel wool between coats. I like to finish it off with Minwax Polishing Wax, but it is not necessary. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. I hope you have fun creating your own unique finishes for your furniture.
2007-02-12 01:53:25 · answer #1 · answered by furniture_pc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends - are you painting over a current finish? If the current finish is oil based you should use oil paint? If the current finish is latex based you should use latex based paint.
Suggested would be to scuff or sand the finish, prime with a primer either latex or oil rated for furniture, and paint with a latex based paint.
When you paint furniture with oil based finish coat a lot of times it will yellow over time. This will not happen with latex paint as the top coat.
You cannot paint latex over oil and cannot paint oil over latex. You can however paint latex paint over oil primer.
2007-02-09 08:50:00 · answer #2 · answered by Jeremy S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oil over oil , latex over latex, or oil over latex is fine. You should never put latex over oil without priming first. The primer bonds to the old paint and the new paint can bond to the primer.
To determine if painted surfaces are oil or latex take some denatured alcohol or "goof-off" on a clean white rag and rub the surface. If paint comes off it is latex, if it doesn't it is oil.
For stained and varnish follow the same directions for painting over oil based paint.
For new wood simply prime and paint.
2007-02-09 08:59:00 · answer #3 · answered by nostromobb 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
do not paint stain, if you are going to paint go with a oil based after you have sanded down the furniture
2007-02-09 08:46:13 · answer #4 · answered by chucky w 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A good latex paint will work wonderfully.
2007-02-09 08:50:04 · answer #5 · answered by michael m 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wood stain
2007-02-09 08:50:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
oil base (stinks, but worth it) cure and provides a hard, durable surface
Be Blessed!
2007-02-09 09:50:27 · answer #7 · answered by ramzee 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
latex semi-gloss
2007-02-09 09:30:28 · answer #8 · answered by Tweet 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋