Refinishing Dresser With Laminate Top

Posted on 03 06 2015 by tricia.
Refinishing dresser with laminate top. For a lot of people it s a reason to not buy or attempt to refinish and paint a piece. The café au lait part was painted with a regular eggshell latex with all the steps described in method 1. Who doesn t have one or two ugly pieces. Transform your ho hum pieces from drab to fab with these easy steps.
I bought a bedroom set in a shiny black color with silver circular knobs on the stacked five drawer chest making it have far less width and much more height if calculated by the surfaces of both the drawered dresser and the chest which lacked the dressers surface height if not including the very tall mirror on the dresser the dresser is also much wider than a chest due to the drawers being. I feel like there s this negative connotation when it comes to pieces of furniture that have laminate tops. Completing a finish refresh on a mid century modern basset triple dresser. Dealing with a plastic laminate top is highlighted.
How to refinish a laminate dresser night stands. Air bubbles splits and corner lifts all follow the same basic steps for repairs. Painting laminate or formica tops of dressers. Well i m here to tell you otherwise.
For a bubble tape the area with a couple of layers of masking tape and slice the bubble with a craft knife with a 10 blade. I am often asked can you paint formica or laminate. A painstaking procedure the repair of any damaged veneer is essential to proper refinishing of the wood veneer furniture. Welcome to the purple painted lady.
The 2 best ways to paint laminate furniture method 2. Yes i have painted formica top dressers many times. My favorite bedroom pieces to paint are from sets that were in many little girls rooms in the 1960 s and 1970 s. Refinishing dresser with laminate top woodsgranny august 7 2008 i want to refinish some maple piece paint in antique white but top has a laminate finish what do i do with that.
When you re on a budget laminate furniture is often a less costly alternative to wooden pieces. You know the set the white french provincial style. I actually think it can be a good thing in some cases. A while back i got an awesome mid century dresser with a laminate top for a screaming deal at goodwill.
I used 2 different paints on this dresser and of course one of them had to be chalk mineral paint. Who doesn t have one or two ugly pieces.