Paint for wooden furniture - the most inexpensive way to update an old suite

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

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Many of us have old furniture that is a pity to throw away. And someone buys unpainted wood products, for example, in Ikea, because they are cheaper. And here the question becomes very relevant, how to give them a decent look, while protecting the surface from various damage?

The answer is simple: paint for furniture made of wood will perfectly cope with both the one and the other task. Then the question number two arises: what paint is better for wooden furniture? And the third: how to paint wood furniture? I answer in order.

Types of paints for finishing wooden furniture

It is probably easier to list compounds that are completely unsuitable for painting wood and furniture from it. If we talk about the peculiarities of the appearance of the coating and its properties, then all paints and varnishes used for painting furniture can be divided into three groups: transparent varnishes and impregnations, water-soluble dispersion paints and enamels.

Transparent coatings

These include impregnations, stains, varnishes, azure, waxes. They can be colorless or contain coloring pigments.

Basic general properties:

• They do not close the structure of the tree, but even emphasize it, make it more expressive;
• They have high vapor permeability, leaving the tree the ability to "breathe" - to give and receive moisture from the environment;
• They contain substances that protect the base material from destruction and fading under the influence of ultraviolet rays.

Transparent compositions preserve wood pattern

If you decide how to paint wooden furniture that is well preserved externally or new, then varnishes and impregnations are a great option. Especially if it should fit into a classic or eco-style.

Note. When the time comes to repeat the treatment, the previously applied coating will not have to be removed, unlike covering paints. You just need to apply a fresh layer on top of it.

The following coatings are quite popular today in this category for renovation and restoration of furniture:

Water soluble paints

Dispersion paints based on water as a solvent and polymer resins as a binder have become very popular in recent years.

It is very easy to work with such paint.

Their advantages:

• Dry quickly;
• They do not emit harmful substances, so when choosing what to paint wooden furniture in the nursery, they stop on them;
• Differ in vapor permeability and water resistance;
• They can be matte or glossy, both covering and glazing;
• Perfectly tinted: pigments can be added to the paint to obtain the desired shade;
• After drying, they acquire frost resistance.

It is important. Resistance to negative temperatures is inherent only to the finished coating. The paint itself should be kept warm, since water during freezing destroys the structure of the emulsion.

Popular brands:

Enamels and paints based on organic solvents

Very popular in the recent past, now these formulations have significantly lost their position due to the growing popularity of water-soluble paints.

Which is not surprising:

• They are toxic;
• Fire hazard;
• There is a sharp unpleasant odor when working with them;
• Dry for a long time.

Work preferably in the air or using respiratory protection

But at the same time they have a lot of advantages:

• First of all, it is a low price compared to acrylic and other polymer soluble paints.
• High water-repellent properties of the film formed on the surface during painting. Furniture coated with such enamel can be used in humid rooms.

Also, the film does not let air through, the tree does not breathe. In principle, for furniture this is not necessary. But you need to make sure that the wood from which it is made is perfectly dry. Otherwise, the coating will quickly begin to peel off and peel off.

How to paint furniture

In order for the paint for wooden furniture to lie evenly, hold well and serve for a long time, the surfaces must be carefully prepared for painting. If the furniture is new, then all you need to do is remove the dust.

You will have to tinker with the old one: remove the old coating, seal cracks and chips on the wood with putty, grind and primer.

Tip. Choose a primer on the same basis as paint. It is best if the compositions are from one manufacturer.

You can paint with a roller and a brush. Usually, the roller is used for smooth continuous surfaces, and all sorts of indentations and hard-to-reach spots are painted over with a brush. The most even coating is obtained using aerosol paints.

Brief instructions for working with them are given in the table:

The furniture is thoroughly cleaned of dirt, greasy traces.	Furniture before painting
Then the old coating is removed from it. This can be done most quickly with the help of a special nozzle on a drill - a circle with a fine-grained skin.	Mechanized grinding
Hard-to-reach spots will have to be processed manually.	Manual grinding
The dust resulting from grinding should be removed with a vacuum cleaner or a soft brush, then wipe the surface with a damp cloth and allow to dry.	Brushing dust
Before applying the paint, it must be stirred by vigorously shaking the spray can. It should be sprayed from a distance of 20-25 cm from the surface. The number of layers is determined visually. If two or more are required, they are applied at intervals during which the previous coat must dry.	Spray paint

The only drawback of this method is the impossibility of multi-colored staining. If you need strips or ornament on furniture, it is better to take ordinary paint and apply it with a brush.

Make masking lines even and clear with masking tape. It is glued along the lines of the picture, it is painted over with the desired color, then the tape is carefully removed.

Removing the tape after painting the strip

But these nuances are a topic for another article.

Conclusion

Technology according to which DIY wooden furniture paintingdepends on the type of paint chosen. Each of them has its own drying time, layer thickness and their quantity. All this information is contained in the instructions on the package, you only need to read it carefully.

It is also worth paying attention to the scope, especially if you are going to paint furniture for a bathhouse, gazebo and other rooms, the operating conditions in which are far from normal. You will find some more useful selection tips on the video in this article.