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.
In fact years ago i tried painting a billy bookcase only to see the paint on it bead right up.
How to paint ikea furniture with chalk paint if you are considering painting ikea furniture with chalk paint you can still use the same tutorial above.
I m referring to ikea s popular material of choice.
I m no stranger to painting laminate.
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.
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.
One of the best things about ikea furniture is how it can be easily customized.
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.
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.
We re big fans of ikea hacks and upgrades so we re completely in favor of adding a little personality with paint.
Before i dive in this is a tutorial for painting laminate ikea furniture.
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.
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.
Particleboard covered in laminate.
But they also have a wide range of laminate furniture and it would be really fun to be able to paint it.
But recently i figured out the trick to painting ikea furniture that makes it totally doable.
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But not all ikea furniture is alike and therefore not all requires the same paint treatment.
So i wiped it off and gave up.
To learn how to correctly paint ikea laminate furniture without sanding keep reading.
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.
Today i am sharing how i paint ikea furniture in 5 easy to do steps.