Ikea Laminate Paint

The good news is that painting over ikea laminate furniture or any laminate furniture is as simple as a coat of right primer.

Ikea laminate paint.

Before i dive in this is a tutorial for painting laminate ikea furniture. Choosing the right primer for your laminate furniture project in order to choose the right primer for your furniture painting project it s important to also keep in the mind the kind of paint you ll be. To learn how to correctly paint ikea laminate furniture without sanding keep reading. Painting ikea furniture or any laminate furniture okay so barish has this weird sloping ceiling behind his bed that creates an unusable triangular void.

In fact years ago i tried painting a billy bookcase only to see the paint on it bead right up. Ikea furniture can be tricky to paint at times especially the laminate coated pieces but when done the right way can make such a huge difference you can see for yourself by viewing some of my ikea projects here. Whether plain wood grain or patterned the layer of laminate on your bookcase or other furniture is a material made with melamine like the brand formica. We re big fans of ikea hacks and upgrades so we re completely in favor of adding a little personality with paint.

We first considered building a tiny wall to block off that area and bring some normalcy to that wackadoodle room but that would have been a big nasty job. Still be sure to sand and primer as laminate furniture is super slick and you need that extra gripping power to make sure your final coat of chalk paint adheres well. So i wiped it off and gave up. You can see my comprehensive post about the right way to paint laminate.

Some orbital sanders like this one even come with a little vacuum microfilter system so that the dust gets sucked up as you go and prevents you from breathing it in. Pin this to pinterest. But they also have a wide range of laminate furniture and it would be really fun to be able to paint it. Today i am sharing how i paint ikea furniture in 5 easy to do steps.

Particleboard covered in laminate. But not all ikea furniture is alike and therefore not all requires the same paint treatment. As a matter of fact i ve tried a few different methods and i ve decided that there is a right and a wrong way to paint laminate surfaces which is basically what ikea furniture is made of. I m referring to ikea s popular material of choice.

One of the best things about ikea furniture is how it can be easily customized. If you are sanding a solid wood piece a good orbital sander will get the job done quickly. Ikea has a lot of unfinished wood furniture and i have a full tutorial on how to paint those.