Furniture is an integral attribute when creating a certain interior in the apartment. Because of its high cost, it is installed in the room for not one year. Therefore, it will not be possible to change it quickly. In order to somehow change the design in the apartment and refresh the situation often people arrange a rearrangement. But basically the expected result does not work. That in this case should be undertaken? If you do not have a financial opportunity to purchase new furniture, then you can repaint the old.
This can be performed even by those who do not have any special knowledge and skills in this case. It is enough to be guided by some rules and the result will surpass all your expectations. DIY furniture is painted in several stages. Consider in more detail than you need to be guided by starting this work.
Surface preparation
If the old cabinet asks for the trash, then do not rush to throw it out. Even the broken internal structures and the scratched surface should not convince you to do this. After all, you can at least try to conduct an experiment with painting furniture. In case of failure, you will not lose anything.
Before starting the process, think about what you would like to see your furniture. Buy everything you need and get down to business. The very first stage is the preparation of an updated surface. To do this, it is necessary to disassemble the subject chosen for the experiment, namely: remove the handles, doors, remove the boxes, etc. p. This is necessary for the greater convenience of implementing measures.
The following tools will also be needed:
– rough and not very sandpaper;
– Flaps brush (flat and wide);
– A few rags.
The main task at this stage is to remove all the roughness and irregularities, so that the paint on the surface of the furniture is applied neatly and aesthetically. Therefore, it is necessary to eliminate varnish, wax, fat and other coatings that are present on the tree. With wide sweeping movements with a rough skin, you need to walk along the fibers in all parts of the product. At the same time, calculate the force so that there are no holes that will later have to patch up.
After processing the surface, you need to take a wide brush with a rough skin and eliminate it with the remaining coating and garbage. Any product for these purposes is not suitable, for example, a rag will only score all the garbage back, and we do not need this.
Next, you will need small sandpaper. With its help, we process hard -to -reach places. Then we use the brush again.
After the end of the process, you need to remove the room in which the work was performed. This is necessary so that during color the dust or SOR does not sit on the just updated surface of the product. All parts also need to be washed and wiped dry.
Next, you can take a tea break, and then proceed to the most important thing – painting.
Choose paint
Choose paint based on your needs. Acrylic paint is perfect for wooden furniture. Its advantages are as follows: the lack of smell, the ability to wash it off, thickening can be fixed with water, convenient in work. The question immediately arises: why process the surface with easily washing paint? The thing is that until it has dried up, you can fix unsuccessful areas.
The main feature of water -soluble colors is that when evaporating moisture, the coating becomes better. Although acrylic paint dries very quickly, yet you need to be more neat from the painted surface. Before an experiment with paint, soil should be put, also acrylic.
A roller or a brush?
If you want to paint furniture very carefully, it is recommended to use the brush. Thanks to it, the result is more accurate than when working with a roller. Although this may be an exclusively individual question. However, regardless of whether it will be a roller or a brush, they should be intended for acrylic paint. Often this is indicated on the label. Do not buy too cheap materials of poor quality. A pile does not climb from good brushes, and painting with them will be even and beautiful. In the process, you can use several brushes of various widths. It is convenient when painting hard -to -reach places.
It is worth noting that this material needs care. This does not require much effort. You must always have a jar of water at hand, in which it is worth regularly dipping the brush after painting. The same goes for rollers. Thus you can save the tools in good condition. With non -compliance with these simple rules, brushes or rollers will be unsuitable for the next coloring.
Primer
It was previously indicated that when using acrylic paint, an acrylic primer is suitable. There should not be any difficulties in its operation, especially since you can always find instructions on the bank. It is important to pay attention to information about the permissible parameters of the area of the covered surface, as well as the time of drying. It is convenient to apply it even with a roller. The surface must be covered with a thin layer of primer, and then leave it to dry for a while.
Selection of shades for painting furniture
Note that plain furniture will look boring and completely non -original. It is better to choose a few colors in harmony with each other. If you cannot find on sale the required shade, then you can get it yourself, for example, mixing several others. To achieve the conceived color is a very exciting activity. Then you will definitely get what you expect. To perform such an experiment, take several containers and mix in each of them paints that differ in tone intensity. Next, apply the resulting shades to an unnecessary wooden surface and let dry. Then you can see the result. It remains only to choose the color that more likes.
Painting in two colors
At the last stage, t. e. Direct painting of furniture, the following materials will be needed: brushes of different widths, paint, 2 pieces of roll adhesive tape (smaller and larger). This process should be performed in an nonsense room. This is all that is necessary for painting furniture. First you need to paint individual elements of the product with the paint that has a lighter shade.
It is very important that the paint is not at the time of the execution of this process in a thickened or dried state. If this happens, then you need to add a small amount of water to it and mix thoroughly with the help of a stick. If you want to paint the furniture so that the structure of the tree is visible, you can apply only one layer. Also, thanks to this technique, the product will look, as if it were brought from Provence and stood in a house located near the sea. If you want the furniture to have a factory look, then you will have to go through a brush several times. It all depends on your desires and capabilities. When stained in several layers, it is important to gain patience, since the next layer can only be applied after the previous. Do not forget that the paint should lie down in one direction.
After applying the main color, you can start painting surfaces with a second color to separate parts of the furniture. Here we need rolls of adhesive tape, as well as attentiveness and accuracy. This work is the most meticulous and responsible. It is necessary to very accurately glue the boundaries of the sites that will be painted in the second color. This is done in order not to spoil the already painted parts of the furniture. As soon as the sticky tape is glued, you can proceed to the final process- painting with the second color. After drying, your product is ready.