Painting furniture from wood

Make a piece of furniture - half the battle. An important role is played by finishing finishing, that is, painting furniture from the wood with their own hands.

How to paint new furniture from wood?

We will consider the working process on the example of plywood from birch. It will be used to make the countertop .

  1. The first step is ground grinding. After the treatment, the surface is sufficiently smooth.
  2. When working with wood, it is necessary to take into account its peculiarity - raising the villi after covering with moist compounds, for example, stain, primer, enamel, varnish. Treat the panel with soil. After the initial application, some roughness is noticeable.
  3. To obtain the most smooth surface, the dried primer is sanded with a fine grain 320 sandpaper. The element is slightly scratched, so it should be.
  4. Clean the base of the dust with a damp cloth, pre-dip it into a solvent. Primary treatment "eliminated" pile. We apply varnish or enamel on a water basis in several layers.

If the pile is not polished, the following finish is obtained:

Furniture has a presentable appearance, due to the correct processing it will last you a very long time.

How correctly to paint old furniture from a tree?

Rehabilitate the condition of old furniture is quite affordable. You can remove the old paint layer and apply a new one. "Restoration" can be done with aerosol paints - it is many times faster and cheaper, the result is excellent. Before the beginning of the work we have:

  1. The first step is to remove the old coating with a fine-grained emery, grinding machine or bar.
  2. Brush or vacuum to remove dust left after grinding.
  3. You can proceed with staining. Aerosols evenly cover all wood, including in hard-to-reach places, quickly dry up.

Shake the can for 1.5 minutes, keep it at a distance of 30 cm from the product. For a qualitative result 2-3 layers of paint will be needed. Work is carried out with an interval of 30 minutes.

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