How To Refinish A Wood Dresser With Paint
This is a very basic beginner s guide or furniture painting 101.
How to refinish a wood dresser with paint. The stain went on very evenly after lightly sanding and cleaning the entire unit. Refinishing is an easy low cost way to bring out natural beauty in wood furniture and make fine details shine. After clear coating let your finished piece fully cure in a warm dry well ventilated area for 24 hours before use. When we stripped off the paint we found this stunning raw wood underneath and just had to keep it natural.
I love how deep the colors become after adding clear wax. Let s dig into the whole process of how to strip years of old paint from off of your wood furniture so you can show off the beautiful natural wood again. Then we added painted hardware to lend a contemporary twist to the decades old heirloom. Most brands of furniture paint like annie sloan country chic paint and more will offer a wax as part of their line up of products.
To refinish a dresser start by removing any paint and stain using coarse grit sandpaper wrapped around a wooden block or attached to a power sander. As you read in our previous post we became the foster parents of a very energetic four year old boy almost overnight. Then once you see the original wood switch to a medium or fine grit sandpaper to smooth out the surface of the dresser. How to refinish an old wood dresser with white paint.
Follow our instructions below to learn how to refinish a wood dresser. The old dresser when we brought it home. Today i am sharing an easy tutorial for how to paint furniture. You can see below in this project i did i used a wax brush to apply some clear wax and it immediately took on a deeper color.
Yes this is the. At this point the dresser is down to bare wood and ready for just about anything the traditional paint or stain or even something creative such as decoupage or a faux finish. This dresser makeover started with stripping removing the paint from the wood. Our dresser for example was stripped of a dull coat of paint so its lustrous graining and elegant lines could shine.