The Wood furniture nowadays often comes with polyurethane varnish that prevents an easy decor change, but with proper steps and preparation, one can easily paint over the finished surface at home. The user just needs to have some patience while sanding the area. The user can use chalk paint over the Polyurethane, the chalk paint dries very quickly and is very thick which means the user requires fewer coats of paint.
Easy Steps For Painting Over Polyurethane With Chalk Paint
Use the below given simple steps in order to paint over polyurethane with chalk paint:
- Preparation And Cleaning: First of all the user needs to prepare the area for work and then place the old cloth over the work area. After that try to clean the work surface as much as possible as this helps the paint to adhere strongly, clean with the help of microfiber cloth and some Windex.
- Test For Chalk Paint: Here the user needs to test in order to find whether the chalk paint bleeds through. To check tests on an inconspicuous area first and make sure that the stain does not bleed. After applying the paint on the test area wait for at least 8 hours, in case it bleeds then use primer like stain-blocking primer.
- Painting: Once the above step is done then apply the chalk paint over the Polyurethane and stain. Apply the paint with the help of the soft brush. Apply the first coat carefully covering all the area then let the first coat to dry completely before going for the second coat.
- Sanding: Now in this step the user needs to sand off the paint on any hardware with 220-grit sandpaper, simply wrap it around the fingers and then start sanding the chalk on hardware.
- Touch Up: Before going for the touch up it is advisable to remove all the dust from the area, the touch up is needed around the hardware area, use the small craft brush for the touch-ups and let it dry completely.
- Polyurethane: The user needs to apply the Polyurethane with the best quality brush and in very thin coats, then allow it to dry for almost a complete night, then look for the areas that feel hard rough to touch for that areas lightly sand with the 220-grit sandpaper then go for the second coat and let it dry.