Can You Chalk Paint Over Laminate Furniture

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Can you chalk paint over laminate furniture.

Put them in a plastic bag so you don t lose them. Let the filler dry per the instructions on the label 1 x research sourcestep 3 use a 120 grit sandpaper to lightly sand the furniture s surface. And don t worry it s incredibly easy to distress the piece later with this primer. I used the same paint that i used on my antique trunk makeover which i shared during last weeks post.

Here are a few examples of this. Annie sloan chalk paint will adhere beautifully to laminate. When painting laminate with chalk mineral paint brand name or hmcp the steps are exactly the same as method 1 except no primer is needed. Even after 24 hours it was still scratching off with my nail.

You can find wood filler at your local hardware store. I painted the hardware in this pic with annie sloans graphite and i did a wash of french linen over the graphite. I have successfully painted laminate furniture without any prepping using homemade chalk paint one part calcium carbonate to two parts any type paint using water to thin to proper consistency. This large chest came to me in the shiniest brightest orange red i have ever seen.

When you have your piece of laminate furniture painted in your favorite chalk style paint and sealed you can paint your hardware. This is a must have if you re trying to adhere any kind of paint to laminate. A wash is lightly dipping the bristles of your paint brush into your paint color and then into a small amount of water and feathering the paint over the hardware. Both of these pieces are laminate so they are not solid wood.

If something won t detach from the furniture cover it with painter s tape step 2 fill in dents in the furniture with a wood filler. It s laminateso it has a glossy slick surface that the chalk mineral paint wasn tsticking to. A while back dixie belle had sent me this bonding primer to try. Step 1 take off any handles or knobs from the furniture.

I decided to paint them with chalk paint because i was sure it would adhere really well to the laminate.