Painting With Chalk Paint On Laminate

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Painting with chalk paint on laminate. The key is to let the paint sit longer between coats. Tips for painting laminate furniture with chalk paint. After 15 years my solid wood laminate floors were scarred and worn looking milky along the board edges. Thanks for your posts.

And don t worry it s incredibly easy to distress the piece later with this primer. 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. It gave a really hard wearing finish. I have painted with annie sloan chalk paint over laminate.

Since a lot of people are interested in this topic i m sharing a post that i originally published september 2014. It s easy to apply and dries quickly. Hi did you paint your refrigerator with chalk board paint as well. If you re using chalk paint for a project you pretty much can t mess it up.

Once it is waxed and cured it is as resistant to scratches as a regular painted surface. Chalk paint is famous for sticking to just about anything and in this case it makes the perfect primer between the laminate surface and the satin enamels paint. So far so good. All chalk paint needs a top coat of some kind.

Chalk paint is a great choice for painting laminate cabinets because it hides brush strokes. It gives the surface a little bit of a grip that will adhere to most any paint but works especially well for chalk paint. I have painted a few things with it. Chalk paint can be used to paint almost anything walls kitchen cabinets metal wood and even fabric but the most common use is to give new life to old furniture or to make newer pieces look old.

I did not prime this shelf first because you aren t supposed to have to do that with chalk paint but what you are. At over 26 000 views one of my most watched youtube tutorials is on how to paint over laminate with annie sloan chalk paint. And the satin enamels provide the perfect durable finish over the chalk paint. This is a must have if you re trying to adhere any kind of paint to laminate.

How to chalk paint wood laminate floor 150 wood laminate floor rescue into hottest look. I sanded first just to rough up the surface done one coat of paint and left it for 48 hours to really dry before adding more coats. Just painted the last coat of paint and waiting for them to dry. The paint i used for both the shelf and the antique trunk is americana decor chalky paint in the color everlasting.

Annie sloan chalk paint will cover anything including laminate. I started out by cleaning this shelf with a deglosser. I love your posts i am almost finished with our camper but saw your post on painted countertops and just had to try it.