Can You Chalk Paint Over Laminate Furniture

This is a must have if you re trying to adhere any kind of paint to laminate.

Can you chalk paint over laminate furniture.

I have successfully painted laminate furniture without any prepping using homemade chalk paint one part calcium carbonate to two parts any type paint using water to thin to proper consistency. You can find wood filler at your local hardware store. 2 x expert source james guth. Step 1 take off any handles or knobs from the furniture.

It s laminateso it has a glossy slick surface that the chalk mineral paint wasn tsticking to. I used the same paint that i used on my antique trunk makeover which i shared during last weeks post. I painted the hardware in this pic with annie sloans graphite and i did a wash of french linen over the graphite. Annie sloan chalk paint will adhere beautifully to laminate.

A while back dixie belle had sent me this bonding primer to try. It gives the surface a little bit of a grip that will adhere to most any paint but works especially well for chalk paint. Both of these pieces are laminate so they are not solid wood. When you have your piece of laminate furniture painted in your favorite chalk style paint and sealed you can paint your hardware.

Let the filler dry per the instructions on the label 1 x research sourcestep 3 use a 120 grit sandpaper to lightly sand the furniture s surface. This large chest came to me in the shiniest brightest orange red i have ever seen. With chalky paints sanding is usually not required but to get a long lasting finish on the laminate a light sanding is still a really good idea. If something won t detach from the furniture cover it with painter s tape step 2 fill in dents in the furniture with a wood filler.

A wash is lightly dipping the bristles of your paint brush into your paint color and then into a small amount of water and feathering the paint over the hardware. Even after 24 hours it was still scratching off with my nail. Put them in a plastic bag so you don t lose them. When painting laminate with chalk mineral paint brand name or hmcp the steps are exactly the same as method 1 except no primer is needed.

Here are a few examples of this.