How to paint old furniture

1. Prepare the tools needed for the renovation and painting of old furniture.

1.Gasoline. 2.Water 3Rubber water.

4.Sandpaper. 5.Brush.

6.Paint. 7.Cloth.

Second, the old furniture renovation and painting steps.

1.remove decorative items such as handles on old furniture; Remove the handles and other decorations on the furniture to prevent the next step from scratching your hands, and it is also conducive to the uniform painting.

2.polishing old and new furniture; First of all, use coarse sandpaper to polish all the places that need to be painted, pay attention to the corners not to polish too much, and maintain the original shape of the furniture. Then use a cloth dipped in water to make it semi-wet, and wipe the powder off the freshly sanded furniture.

Then take the fine sandpaper and re-sand, paying attention to the corners. Then use a cloth to clean the powder.

3.brushing paint; First of all, take the paint, brush, and open the paint cover. Then dip the brush in a paint bucket without too much paint at a time. At this time, the rules for painting are from top to bottom, from left to right. Be careful to paint corners and hidden places as well.

4.Finally, the painted furniture is dried; Leave the painted furniture for four to five hours until the paint is dry.

5.Think that's the end of it? No! At this point, it needs to be re-polished. Once the paint is dry, use fine sandpaper to sand the furniture from start to finish. This time the purpose of grinding is to smooth out the uneven parts of the paint, which is conducive to continuing to paint later.

6.Paint a second pass; Follow the third step above for a second coat of paint. Note that if the paint is too thick, you can add an appropriate amount of rubber water, dilute the paint and then brush. Then continue to dry and sand. Follow the steps above and paint again a third time.

7.Attach decorative objects such as handles; Attach the decorations that were removed from the first step, such as the handle. In this way, the whole furniture is painted.

You can paint it several times directly on it. But it didn't work out very well. To achieve the best results, use polyester paint. But it's a hassle. The price is high. Look at your furniture is still worth it.