How to paint lacquered furniture with your own hands

Maslyakova Svetlana

Good afternoon Andrey Anatolyevich. There was a fire in my apartment. A lot of furniture burned out. But the wall remained Trembita. (old lacquered furniture the color of chestnut) Thank God, the repair was done. I want to update the furniture repainted in white. I live in Lugansk. There is no large selection of colors. On the market, it was recommended to use putty, primer, and water-based acrylic paint Enamel on VGT Profi wood. There were many tips but for some reason settled on this option. I ask if you can give advice on how to do everything right. ? I’ll do everything myself .. Thank you in advance.

Answer

A common question is can lacquered furniture be paintedto make it neat and stylish. Of course, the task is feasible. It is worth noting that intuition prompted the choice of the right advice. By the way, the putty of the Russian brand VGT lies exactly on the Otex primer from the Tikkurila line. If you have already decided on the materials, I will dwell in more detail on the technology - a step-by-step description of how to repaint lacquered furniture with your own hands.

Let's start by removing the varnish from the surface. There are instructions on the Internet how to paint lacquered furniture without removing varnish, but updating in this way will not give the desired result. Exactly and accurately, the paint in this case does not lie.

1. Take a building hair dryer, heat a surface area and remove the varnish with a spatula. After removing the coating from the entire canvas, sand with sandpaper. Be careful, protect the skin, eyes and respiratory organs when working with paints and varnishes. Without harm to health - this is how to paint lacquered furniture with your own hands is most important.
2. The next step is a primer coating. After drying completely, plaster the surface, you may need to do this in 2 layers. Between applying layers it is better to sand the canvas.
3. Next, go directly to the painting. When deciding what paint to paint lacquered furniture, we take into account the service life of the coating. Enamel is a suitable option in the long term, as it will last more than 10 years. And acrylic or latex paint, which are also suitable for painting furniture, is only 5.

Having bought two or three colors, it is not difficult to make an author's design. Highlight accessories, protruding elements. Or artistically paint, if you pre-practice.
I hope my advice on how to repaint old lacquered furniture will help to do it right and the result will please you for many years. Good luck updating!