Comments on: Design Dilemma: Painting Laminated Furniture

By: Jerry S Thompson

Jerry S Thompson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:03:14 +0000

information on these types of products. I love a more natural home environment for me and my kids.

By: Latex Mattresses

Latex Mattresses — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:51:25 +0000

Pretty awesome stuff, I love it hah

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:59:06 +0000

I’m surprised you need help, since you sell pine wardrobes. But I’m glad you found the article interesting.

By: Pine Wardrobe

Pine Wardrobe — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:39:03 +0000

It was great to visit your site and especially the article was excellent and proved to be of immense help in repainting my pine wardrobe. Thank you for sharing your ideas on painting wooden furniture.

By: mid century modern design

mid century modern design — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:48:45 +0000

cool.. it also helped me a lot.

By: Design Hole Online » That’s Tight! » Design Dilemma Revisited: Painting Over Laminate

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:09:47 +0000

[...] Last March, Diane asked me for help. She wanted to paint her daughter’s furniture and was looking for instructions. The tricky part was that the tops were laminate, while the rest was wood. She was looking for special instructions for painting over a laminated surface. You can read the entire post here. [...]

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:34:29 +0000

Hello everyone, the job is completed and I have sent “after” pictures to Jennifer. I cannot take any credit though. I had a professional do the job and he surpassed my expectations.

By: Design Hole Online » That’s Tight! » Design Dilemma: A Living Room Focal Point

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:39:48 +0000

[...] hot pink. Then, paint the entire desk dark brown. (See my post on how to paint laminated furniture here). Then, sand off the brown to reveal the red. [...]

By: bronxelf

bronxelf — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:27:00 +0000

Hi Diane,

Dead flat varnish is kind of a pain in the neck to find (though Modern Masters makes an excellent one.) Satin is easier. Stir, do not shake.

My best suggestion to you is to get some scrap pieces of wood (or little disks or something at your local craft store) and practice and compare looks until you get something that you're happy with.

Always be sure to lay on your polyurethane in thin coats, with each coat going perpendicular to the one that came before. Sand in between each coat with silicon carbide sandpaper (wet) at 400grit for the first two coats and at 600 for the last one.

Get good tape. Make sure you have the right brush for the right job.

Make sure to use adequate ventilation (a respirator is not out of line) and a tack rag between each coat.

You *have to* learn to be patient. Have to. You cannot rush a job like this or you will hate the results. Go slowly.

Jennifer-
Great. Now I have to scare up before and after shots.

Anyway, I tend to agree on the paint issue. Unfortunately, the reality of the industry is that oil paints are being phased out faster and faster due to environmental concerns. I do think they give a nicer finish, though.

Hey, I also work with lacquer, so I totally lose the Earth friendly sweepstakes.

By: Jennifer at Design Hole

Jennifer at Design Hole — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:58:00 +0000

Hey Bronx Elf,

That door looks amazing. But, since there's no "before" I'm sorry, you don't qualify for the lounge suite I have in my prize room. :)

I guess I had better go get some T-shirts made!

Also, I'm interested to know your opinion of oil v latex. I've already made my opinion clear. Feel free to weigh in with yours.