How To Paint Ikea Laminate Furniture

In fact years ago i tried painting a billy bookcase only to see the paint on it bead right up.

How to paint ikea laminate furniture. 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. I m referring to ikea s popular material of choice. But recently i figured out the trick to painting ikea furniture that makes it totally doable. Particleboard covered in laminate.

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. I m talking about their lovely material of choice for most of their products. 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.

So i wiped it off and gave up. You just need to know how to paint ikea furniture the right way. To learn how to correctly paint ikea laminate furniture without sanding keep reading. Heavy particle board that is covered in laminate.

Before i dive in this is a tutorial for painting laminate ikea furniture. 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. Lightly sand and paint the ikea furniture. The good news is that painting over ikea laminate furniture or any laminate furniture is as simple as a coat of right primer.

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. 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.

But not all ikea furniture is alike and therefore not all requires the same paint treatment. Today i am sharing how i paint ikea furniture in 5 easy to do steps.