Steps To Paint Wooden Chairs
There are a lot of ways to paint a wooden chair. The best paint used for the wooden chair is oil-based paint, latex paint, and semi-gloss paint. Here is some quickest and easiest way to paint the wooden chair, follow the given steps carefully to get the best results.
Prepping The Chair's Surface
- Wash: To start the painting process, liquid soap and water should be mixed very well in a bucket. Wash the chair with the help of a sponge. Now use a dry cloth to soak water from the chair.
- Sand: Small grit sandpaper should be used for sanding the whole chair but but make sure not to sand deeply.
- Clean: Now clean the dust with cloth or with a vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner will easily remove the dust from chair.
- Wood Putty: If there is any hole remaining in the chair then use wood putty with the help of a putty knife to fill the remaining holes.
- Dry: Let the putty dry for 2-3 hours and again use the sandpaper to make the chair ready for painting.
Painting The Chair
- Pick A Color: In order to paint the wooden chair, solid color should be selected like Brown, yellow, etc. Solid color suits best on chair.
- Cover: Cover the area with the help of cloth or newspaper. Paint stains will remain if the working area was not covered.
- Primer: Now apply thin layer of wood primer on the wood chair. Turn the chair in upside direction and start from the legs of chair. Let the primer dry for few hours.
- Paint: Now paint the wooden chair with the help of paint brush. Apply several light coats of paint rather than 1 heavy coat.
- Dry: Let the wooden chair dry directly in sun light for maximum 9-10 hours.