How To Prep Stained Furniture For Painting

I like to swap back and forth between Cling Ons and Zibra brushes.

How to prep stained furniture for painting. After this use a clean rag and wipe off any stain thats pooling on the wood. For instance you can use a gel stain to easily cover your cabinets. Start with a good quality paint brush.

To clean hardware we suggest using a 1 to 1 mixture of vinegar and water. Painting over Painted Wood Furniture Once your painted furniture is properly sanded cleaned and prepped you may paint. Load the brush with paint and start with the body drawers bottom of the furniture.

Apply stain-blocking primer to the surface using a paintbrush or airless paint sprayer. Grab your paintbrush make sure its clean and get your favorite furniture paint. Start withsome veryfine grit sand paper to lightly sand the whole piece.

How to Degloss Paint My go-to deglosser is Ready. I dont count that as sanding by the way. Get your furniture ready to paint with some helpful tips from Mark with Refurbished Gentleman.

If the woods pores are open the stain. If you are restoring an older piece you may need to revive the hardware. Then follow these general preparatory steps for painting over stain.

You just spray it all over your piece of furniture let it sit for a few minutes and then wipe it clean with a cloth or paper towels. Brushes are good for precision control over fine details but an airless paint sprayer provides quick coverage of large pieces of furniture. You dont have to worry about being neat or applying stain in the direction of the grain.