Every home has old furniture that you don't want to change for some reason. For some people, it is dear as a memory, others cannot afford to buy a new headset at the moment for financial reasons. Painting furniture fronts is a good alternative to spending money on new interior items. Nowadays, there are many materials for painting that will transform old furniture, breathe new life into it. To do this, it is worth figuring out which paint is better to choose and what technologies for its application exist.
Restoration Tips
Restoration of furniture facades requires precision work and does not tolerate haste. To get a perfectly even coating, on which there will be no chips and other defects, high-quality paints will be required. They are usually expensive. But the end result is worth it. As a result, we get a smooth and beautiful surface. Such furniture looks no worse than new, factory. But to get a quality result, you need to know a few nuances.
What to look for when buying the necessary materials forwork?
When choosing a paint, it is necessary to study its composition, as well as the speed of drying. Most often, people want to know what is needed for painting MDF furniture facades. For this you will need:
- Different types of sandpaper.
- You will need tape (often called sanding felt). This material will be needed at the final stage of grinding furniture. The surface is treated immediately before painting. The gradation of such adhesive tape is usually P 800. Internal corners or complex decorative elements can be sanded with abrasive tape. Its gradation goes from R 220 to the maximum allowable R 280.
- In this case, you can not do without a spray gun. The paint should be sprayed in a thin layer. If you paint the kitchen facade with a brush, it is difficult to achieve a smooth surface. The gun for coloring allows to apply paint evenly on all surface. The advantage of this tool is also that it can be filled with a primer. In this case, priming work will not take much time. Distinguish between electric and pneumatic spray guns. Electric ones need an outlet within reach, while pneumatic ones need a working compressor. It is better to buy a gun whose nozzle diameter does not exceed 1.3 millimeters. Then the paint sprays better and lays down without defects.
- Don't forget the degreaser. It will be needed at the first stage of work. The surface degreasing step must not be skipped. If you do not use the tool in a timely manner, then as a result, defects will appear that will spoil the appearance of the product. Will have to re-repaint the entire façade. Not everyone knows that working with wood, as well as with MDF, requires a special degreaser. It must contain an organic solvent. This tool actively fights fat, breaks down silicone.
- It is worth buying a primer and thinner in advance. In order for the paint to better lie on a wooden surface, the facade must be treated with a primer. There are several types of primer: for working with plastic, as well as epoxy. The type that is suitable for working with plastic works well with wood. The primer should increase the adhesion of the material to the paint. There is also a pore-filling type. In order to isolate the material with which the primer was originally impregnated, it is necessary to increase the adhesion of the starting material to the selected enamel. This requires epoxy primer. A filler primer is needed to level the surface immediately before painting. It is rarely used.
It is better to take a solvent 646. They are allowed to dilute the primer and paint until the desired consistency is obtained. The solvent is easy to clean the gun after use.
Benefits of car enamel
Auto enamel fits well on MDF. When it dries, a smooth surface is obtained. Most often it turns out glossy. There are two types of such paint: alkyd and acrylic. Alkyd enamel is considered a quick-drying coating. It doesn't cost very much. The only drawback is the need to cover the product as a result with varnish. Usingacrylic enamel surface acquires a glossy sheen. No varnish required for the finishing step.
How to prepare the facade for work?
Painting furniture facades should begin with the preparatory phase. It begins with the removal of the old layer or gloss. Preparation of furniture fronts for painting also includes priming and sanding.
How to remove the top layer?
Most often, solid wood furniture fronts have a top glossy layer. It is achieved by coating the product with a special varnish. If you do not remove it, but immediately paint with a new layer, then the adhesion of the paint to the base will be weak. In order to obtain adhesion suitable for this case, it is required to treat the top layer with scotch brite. Sandpaper is allowed. Its gradation should be from P 220 to P 280.
If a facade made of MDF is chosen for work, then most likely it is covered with a special film. It must be completely removed and only after the surface has been completely cleaned, start working with sandpaper.
How is priming done?
Technology for painting furniture facades is not complete without priming the surface. First you need to degrease the "work front". After that, do not touch the surface of the product.
Priming can be divided into several stages:
- The surface is treated with a special primer. The primer first covers the ends of the product, then the central plane is processed. It is best to prime with two layers. Then paintbetter on the front. Professionals advise applying each layer of primer perpendicular to the past. In this case, you get a perfectly even coating.
- Each part is covered with epoxy primer in one or two thin coats. After that, you need to wait until the coating is completely dry. This usually takes a day.
- Filling primer must be selected according to the color of the paint. If the main color can be attributed to light, then it is better to take a primer white. You can apply not two, but one and a half layers, if the surface is already even.
How is the finish sanding done?
Every person who is faced with painting furniture facades knows that paint can only be applied to a flat surface. There are times when the surface has already been primed, but in some places there are open pores. Then a one-component putty is taken, with which the cavities are sealed.
What to do in such a situation? It is necessary to take sandpaper and sand the facade before painting. It is better to process furniture facades for the kitchen with sandpaper, the marking of which is P500.
An important point when sanding is not to press hard on the paper. The product can be scratched if care is not taken. The thinnest layer is located at the end of the product, where it is easiest to deform it. If you use Scotch Brite, the chance of damage is reduced.
Painting technology
Equipment for painting furniture facades can be bought at any storebuilding materials. The main tool is the spray gun.
The surface of the furniture is degreased, after which it can be wiped with a special cloth, on which accumulated dust remains.
Enamel must be mixed, detailed information is indicated on the bank. The spray gun must be adjusted so that the paint falls on a small area of \u200b\u200bfurniture. In this way, you can reduce the cost of materials, as the consumption will decrease.
How to dye
The first step is to paint the ends, then you can move on to the base. To make the color uniform and lie evenly, you need to go through the paint in two or three layers. Allow twenty minutes before each new layer. During this time, the last layer of paint will have time to dry.
If you are new to the restoration and painting of furniture facades, then it is better to learn how to handle the spray gun on an unnecessary part of old furniture. After training work, you can proceed to painting the desired facade.
Facade varnish tips
When furniture is varnished, certain instructions must be followed:
- Need to pre-clean the room. It must be free of dust.
- Work should only be carried out in clean clothes.
- Each layer is applied ten minutes after the previous one.
- The final result should be a glossy surface. Some call it the “mirror effect.”
Choosing paint for furniture fronts
Staying in the storebuilding materials, a person is sometimes confused. Nowadays, there is a huge selection of paints and manufacturers. Paint for furniture facades must be of high quality and have good adhesion.
Alkyd-based paints, as well as oil-based paints, have proven themselves well. The composition of such coatings includes synthetic oil. Manufacturers add polymer resins to them. These paints are good because they are universal for various surfaces. They have a good hitch with wood, chipboard. Such coatings are often taken for painting furniture facades for the kitchen. They fit perfectly on MDF and even on glass.
Solid furniture fronts are often covered with special enamels. These include Lacra and Alpina. The popularity of Belinka acrylic enamels is growing. They include latex polymers. They are the safest of all coatings (we are talking especially about animals and children). They are often taken to paint furniture in the children's room.
Some masters offer to buy paint in the form of an aerosol. For a beginner, by the way, it is much more convenient to use them when applying. It turns out a coating that is resistant to external factors. It has a good water-repellent effect.
Conclusion
So we figured out how to paint furniture fronts. As you can see, this operation can be easily done on your own, without resorting to the help of specialists. Use of different enamels is allowed. Someone uses a spray gun, but inRecently, most resort to the choice of automotive enamels. Since they are sold in spray cans, you do not need to have an airbrush to apply them and mix the paint in any way beforehand. The application procedure is quite simple. In addition, this paint dries very quickly - within ten minutes.
