Three Easy Parts For Painting Stained Wood
If you have a stained wood available and you want to paint over it, you can do it very easily. You simply need to go through the parts mentioned below and follow all the steps carefully:
Part 1: Preparing The Wood
- First of all, you need to lay down a tarp to protect your floor and your nearby furniture. Take a long trap that you don't mind getting dirty to cover your ground beneath your wood. If painting outside then, lay your tarp on your ground beneath your workstation and work in a well-ventilated area to avert extended exposure to paint fumes.
- Next, you need to remove all the hardware from your wood piece. Take off the doorknobs or handles from your wood which you want to paint. Also, paint out any cabinet drawers & lay them to your side to paint separately.
- Clean your wood with water & soap solution. To avert creating the bumpy surface, you need to use a wet rag & soap to clean off the debris & dust from the wood earlier painting before, this will make the wood easier to sand.
- If your wooden surface is greasy then you need to dip a sponge in a TSP solution & wipe onto the surface of your wood. Let the TSP soak in for 2-3 minutes & then scrub the surface with a sponge before rinsing off.
Part 2: Removing The Gloss
- Now first you need to sand away the previous gloss. You need to use 60-100 grit sandpaper to remove the upper layer of gloss from the wood, leave the surface to look dull. Instead, you can also paint on a deglosser liquid with a brush & let it soak in for 10-15 minutes to remove the gloss from the wood.
- Next, fill in any cracks by using the spackling paste. Be sure that the surface of your wood is level, use your putty knife to fill cracks or holes with a spackling paste. Let this paste dry for at least 1-2 hours before continuing. Apply some more layers as needed.
- Now, sand over the bumps on the surface of your wood. Simply use 100-120 grit grade sandpaper to remove the bumps or scratches either in your wood or from the previous applied paste.
Part 3: Applying The Paint
- First of all, choose betwixt oil & latex-based paint. In order for covering doors, you need to choose the oil-based paint for a tough exterior. Choose the latex paint for the locations that are prone to rust.
- If you are going to use the oil-based paint to cover the wood then you need to use an oil-based primer also. If you are going to use a latex-based paint, then you need to use a water-based latex primer. Let this primer dry as directed. Oil-based primers will take up to 24 hours and the latex-based primers typically dry in just 4 hours.
- Now, you need to apply the first coat of paint & leave it to dry wholly. For oil-based paint, use a natural bristle brush to apply an even layer of paint to your wood and then leave it to dry for 8 hours. For latex-based paint, use any type of paintbrush or a paint roller to apply an even layer of the paint and then leave it to dry for at least 4 complete hours.
- Apply any additional coats of paint if needed & let it dry for a few hours. Paint over your wood with your selected paint after the 1st layer has wholly dried. Continue painting on layers until you've got the desired color, let your applied paint dry betwixt each fresh coat.
- Finally you need to reassemble the hardware that you removed before starting the painting process. Once your wood has wholly dried, now you need to reattach any doorknobs, handles, or cabinet drawers that you also removed before painting.