If your bookcase is built-in, or too heavy to move, then protect your room by taping plastic tarps over any floor, walls, or furniture close to the painting. Open windows and doors to increase ventilation in your painting space. Spray-painting creates fumes that aren't good to breathe in.
Consider placing a fan facing out the window to blow out air and keep it circulating in the room. Wipe down your bookcase with a tack cloth. A tack cloth is a lint-free cloth that is slightly tacky sticky , which means it can pick up dust much better than your average cleaning rag.
Getting your furniture clean before you paint it is important so that you don't accidentally make specks of dirt stick to the furniture.
Shake a can of primer for 1 minute and practice spraying it on plywood. Hold the canister upside down and shake it vigorously. This will aerosolize the primer and make sure it is ready to spray. Practice spraying it on some plywood, by holding the primer about a foot 30cm away, and moving closer and farther until you find a position that works best.
Spray the primer over the bookcase and let it dry for 20 minutes. Move the can left to right and up and down as you spray. Apply the primer in a thin, even coat. Check the instructions on your particular primer to see if it requires one or two coats. Shake the spray paint for 1 minute and test it on plywood. Just as you did for the primer canister, shake the spray paint canister vigorously for 1 minute and then practice spraying it on a piece of cardboard.
Hold the canister closer to the wood for a darker paint color and farther away for a lighter color. Apply the first coat of spray paint in a thin, even coat. Spray the spray paint in overlapping strokes, moving the can up and down and side to side. Cover the bookcase completely in one coat of paint and let it dry.
Spray beyond the edges of the bookcase to avoid drips at the edge. Let the bookcase dry for 20 minutes and apply the second coat. Spray the second coat thinly and evenly, shaking the can every few minutes. Let the second coat dry and see if the bookcase is the color you want.
If not, keep on applying thin coats of spray paint, until your bookcase is the perfect color. Let the bookcase dry overnight. Although spray paint dries pretty fast, it's best to make absolutely sure that your bookcase is dry before you touch it, move it, or load it up with books and knickknacks.
Once your bookcase is dry, you can take away your drop cloth, and move your bookcase to wherever you want it. Method 2. Ventilate your room and lay down a drop cloth. Liquid paint doesn't emit as many fumes as spray-paint, but it's still important to ventilate your room by opening up windows and doors.
Also lay down a drop cloth to protect your floor from paint drips. Sand your bookcase with grit sandpaper. With non-white paint that doesn't seem to be an issue but with white paint, I've read where most topcoats yellow quite badly and no one wants that. Anyone here know of a topcoat to prevent sticking that will also keep whites white? Thanks to any advice! Post a Comment Your comments are like sunshine and chocolate! Thanks for taking the time to leave a nice one ; I read all comments and love to respond if you leave your email!
Otherwise, please look for my response under the post where you left it! The Right Paint for Cabinets and Bookcases my home paint room makeover. The right paint can make all the difference when you're painting cabinets! Don't make the same mistake I did! Read on for tips on choosing the correct paint! This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience. View my full advertising disclosure here.
I have painted a lot of room and several piece of furniture, but even so that doesn't make me an expert! I recently made a really big mistake and chose the wrong paint for a project! Save yourself a do-over and keep reading to find out what paint is BEST for cabinets and bookcases! Room Makeover. You might remember our large, dare I say 'ugly' living room that was all dark and cave-like with its wood paneling and dark wood bookcases when we moved into this house.
Don't remember? Click here to see how our wall of bookcases looked before we painted them. The faux wood was an orange-y-yellow and really made the room already light-challenged because of the large, brick, double-sided fireplace look rather bleak!
I was overwhelmed with the thought of painting all that wood myself I asked the painters to use latex paint instead of enamel After the painters were finished, I let everything cure for about 3 weeks before putting items back, but here's what happened.
Everything we set on the cabinets left ugly black marks on the recently painted surfaces! And when I picked something up, it didn't really want to move at first Freshly expensive! Aside - I have lots of experience painting furniture with chalky paint , and even waxing and sealing.
And never have I experienced this issue with items leaving marks on the paint! Chalk paint cures to a hard finish and doesn't leave a tacky surface. So learn from my mistake and don't paint your cabinets or built-ins with latex paint unless you plan to add a protective sealer!
I was bummed and knew I needed to do something to fix this. You can read more about this paint here and why it's perfect for painting cabinets. I figured if it was good enough for the kitchen, it would be a good choice for bookcases as well! The helpful folks at DecoArt sent me a few samples so I could try to match my painted bookshelves.
After experimenting with the pure white and warm white , I found a match! Hi guys! You can find a few more tips for painting built ins in my free printable guide. Including these:. Grab the free printable guide for how to paint built in bookshelves and cabinets here.
Thanks for checking out this post full of tips for how to paint furniture for beginners. You might also like this Colorful Laundry Room Makeover.
And, if it is time to Stain your Front Door, check out these steps for how I restain a front door without stripping it or removing it. Feeling inspired? Let me know if you have questions. Lightly sand that paint or primer smooth, then dust off with a tack cloth again. It's full of answers to common questions with recommendations on which paints to use. And, watch the video to see me painting my built ins. But, I was thinking about more of a green and a dark blue color as an option. I repainted these cabinets as part of our Master Bathroom Remodel.
I used chalk paint and dark wax as part of this Blue Bathroom Vanity Makeover. Before painting these cabinets, they were all dinged up with chipped paint everywhere.
I hand sanded all of the paint smooth after cleaning it with chalk paint. Maybe 20 minutes. You can see the masking paper, drop cloth, and painters tape I used in this picture. This was taken after applying the 1st coat of paint with a paint sprayer. If you want to know more about these DIY built ins check out this post on my easy DIY wood drawer front or this YouTube playlist with videos from my built ins.
But first our kitty is helping me pick out which tile I want to install in this room. Stay tuned for tiling tips. And, how cute is this Siamese mix we found at a local rescue? If you want to see how this room looked before check out this post for how to remove an arch doorway or this post for how to remove glued wood flooring.
Step One — Clean and Repair If you are painting built in bookshelves or cabinets that already have an old paint or stain finish, prep your built ins for painting by cleaning off built up dirt and oils with a degreaser safe for wood, like TSP , or a vinegar and water mix. Marcello and I got married in exactly years later at a church, and Marcello was living in Rome during that time. I sanded out the nicked edges and did the shelves separately. I did a good job on the edges and spots that will get more wear and tear, and then did a mediocre job everywhere else.
I painted it in three coats with Cabinet Coat , the same thing I painted my kitchen cabinets with. I rolled most of it and then used my favorite angled brush for the rest. My favorite brush-saving trick is wrapping them in plastic wrap.
I wrap them and stick them inside a plastic bag overnight. If you are going to continue the next day, my opinion is this works better than washing them out and leaving them to dry.
Mine always harden that way and leave streaks. I have this very cool trunk I bought years ago at an estate sale. You can see the inside here. I thought if it were a little taller I could use it as a little coffee table in our room. I used leftover samples to paint them. This was a brown sample that looks like it belongs in a baby diaper so I added some black acrylic paint to darken it.
I think the color blends well with the trunk. I wanted them to sort of disappear. I think the spindles are too tall. It looks like it belongs in a Beauty and the Beast movie and will come to life and start running in circles. What do you think? Cut them shorter or take them off all together and figure out another spot for it? We had an old steamer trunk like that when I was growing up!
Never did anything with it other than put a piece of glass on top so it could be a level surface as a side table.
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