How To Paint Ikea Laminate Furniture

I m referring to ikea s popular material of choice.

How to paint ikea laminate furniture.

So what to do. We re big fans of ikea hacks and upgrades so we re completely in favor of adding a little personality with paint. Lightly sand and paint the ikea furniture. To learn how to correctly paint ikea laminate furniture without sanding keep reading.

Let me preface this post by saying not all ikea furniture can be painted the same way but probably 95 of it. I find people often shy away of tryi. Lightly scuff the primed surfaces with medium grit sandpaper wipe away the sanding dust then apply the first coat of paint in the color of your. Heavy particle board that is covered in laminate.

In fact years ago i tried painting a billy bookcase only to see the paint on it bead right up. Well as you may know my other half works in the car industry and has done for over 20 years he paints cars for a living. You just need to know how to paint ikea furniture the right way. Some orbital sanders like this one even come with a little vacuum microfilter system so that the dust gets sucked up as you go and prevents you from breathing it in.

Ikea furniture can be tricky to paint at times especially the laminate coated pieces but when done the right way can make such a huge difference you can see for yourself by viewing some of my ikea projects here. Luckily i ve learned how to paint ikea furniture and any laminate really quite easily and it s made a huge difference in terms of how well my pieces wear. I m talking about their lovely material of choice for most of their products. Choosing the right primer for your laminate furniture project in order to choose the right primer for your furniture painting project it s important to also keep in the mind the kind of paint you ll be.

So you want to paint your pre fab laminate furniture but are unsure if and how it can be done today i made a tutorial. So i wiped it off and gave up. If you are sanding a solid wood piece a good orbital sander will get the job done quickly. Particleboard covered in laminate.

But recently i figured out the trick to painting ikea furniture that makes it totally doable. The good news is that painting over ikea laminate furniture or any laminate furniture is as simple as a coat of right primer.