Painting Laminate Wood Table

The very first thing you need to do is wash the table off.

Painting laminate wood table. It s easy to skip the sanding step because sanding is a drag but it s especially important with laminate. Bubbling while the paint primer is still wet 2. I have been painting furniture for 40 years. Paint a laminate table top step 1.

One problem that pesky laminate covering over the real wood. In the beginning i would sand down the wood or laminate clean paint my designs with water based acrylics and finish the piece with polyshield waterbased finish. 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. After a ton of research and trial and error i ve found a great way to paint laminate furniture or veneer covered piece of furniture and turn it into an awesome statement making.

Common concerns when painting laminate furniture are 1. This time i went for it. On most of the pieces using water based paint and finish worked great. Sometimes this can be a major deal breaker when picking furniture.

Once it s dry gently sand the surface with a 220 grit sandpaper. Because it s often somewhat glossy looking and important to sand it down until the finish is very dull before priming. You can sand prime and paint laminate as if it were a solid wood piece of furniture. Then apply a coat of an acrylic latex paint with a brush or roller using short even strokes.

Next apply an oil based primer with a brush or roller and wait 4 hours for it to dry.