Painting Laminate With Chalkboard Paint

I started out by cleaning this shelf with a deglosser.

Painting laminate with chalkboard paint. Since a lot of people are interested in this topic i m sharing a post that i originally published september 2014. There are a ton of kits and products out there for painting countertops but i decided to keep it simple and just use chalkboard paint. Tips for painting laminate furniture with chalk paint. Poor adhesion after the paint has dried cured this will cause all your hard work and paint finish to scratch off easily long after your piece is complete this is a perfect piece to show you the 2 best ways to paint laminate furniture.

I did not prime this shelf first because you aren t supposed to have to do that with chalk paint but what you are. Bubbling while the paint primer is still wet 2. While more expensive than the ordinary acrylic latex paints you would use on drywall the urethane reinforced products have better hiding abilities and will stick better to problem surfaces cabinet coat is designed to adhere to plastic metal and urethane surfaces without a primer but laminate and. This makes me so happy because regardless of whether you re a pro painter or a total beginner this won t impact the outcome of your project.

If you re using chalk paint for a project you pretty much can t mess it up. Chalk paint is a great choice for painting laminate cabinets because it hides brush strokes. At over 26 000 views one of my most watched youtube tutorials is on how to paint over laminate with annie sloan chalk paint. Alternatively you can use a urethane reinforced acrylic paint such as insl x cabinet coat.