Abrade the outer vinyl coating to enhance adhesion by sanding it. You can alter the color of your vinyl-coated wood furniture by refinishing it with a coat of paint. However, before you get started, you must condition the vinyl to accept the paint, or the finish will fail.
Sand the furniture's surface.
It is often worth sanding a bare plastic surface, as this will help primer and paint better adhere to the furniture. Use sandpaper or a sanding sponge with fine -grit to gently brush the entire surface. Test your sanding material in an inconspicuous spot on the furniture.
Just roughing up the surface with fine grit sandpaper is enough to get the paint to stick to polyurethane. With a little elbow grease, you'll be ready to paint in no time! Sanding is especially important if you plan to stain the wood a different color instead of painting it.
Because vinyl coatings are nonporous, they are ill-suited for adhesion and must be abraded before any paint will stick. In addition, if you want the finish on your vinyl-coated wood furniture to remain durable, you will need to apply the appropriate base coat, first, or the paint will shed and flake, over time.
You can, but you'll need to use a good primer first. Polyurethane creates a slick, plastic-like finish that most paints won't adhere to. A bonding primer will stick to the polyurethane and create a surface that's just textured enough to paint over easily. Think of primer as a glue.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Danny Lipford: Some cabinets have a plastic melamine surface coating, rather than being painted or stained. When this vinyl coating begins to peel, you can either remove all of the coating and repaint, or simply repair the damaged areas.
And the answer is yes, you can paint your PVC cabinets.
The best type of paint for particle board cabinets is an oil-based enamel paint. The higher the gloss a paint sheen is, the easier it is to clean. Most people don't like high-gloss cabinets, so we typically use a semi-gloss or satin sheen.
So yes! You can paint laminate furniture without sanding! Check out the best paints for furniture without sanding here. Keep in mind though, if you have any scratches or spots of nail polish (like I did), you'll want to sand those areas so you have a nice smooth surface for your paint.
Tip: Latex paint is recommended for laminate surface painting projects because of its durability and smooth finish. Try ProClassic® Waterborne Interior Acrylic Enamel for lighter colors, and All Surface Latex Enamel Base for deeper hues. Tip: Always clean your brushes for future use.
Most general-purpose spray paints work on plastic, but care must be taken to prepare the surface before painting. For the sake of convenience, you may wish to use a spray paint labeled as being specifically meant for plastics, like Krylon Fusion for Plastic or Rust-Oleum Specialty Plastic Primer Spray.
Standard exterior gloss paint is a suitable finish for plastic when used in conjunction with an appropriate primer and undercoat. Either acrylic or oil-based gloss can be used, and both are available in a wide range of colours.
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You can use any kind of paint that's suitable to paint wood on your laminate cabinets, too. We recommend a satin finish as it's durable and easy to keep clean. The paint you use isn't as important as the primer which is the secret to getting the paint to stick to the smooth laminate.
Thermofoil, also sometimes simply called “thermo”, is a PVC vinyl colour coating that gets heat shrunk over a cabinet door. Think about it like supernaturally strong shrink wrap—it really sticks! The result is a seamless surface, usually in a solid colour, but sometimes also a faux wood grain pattern.
Thermafoil, Melamine, and Laminate are all plastics used to cover substrates on kitchen and bathroom cabinets to create a hard, water-resistant finish. The substrates of cabinets doors and drawer fronts include particleboard and MDF.
Sanding The Wood Surface
Sanding is one of those things people either love or hate, but whatever the case, many experts will agree it's an extremely important step if you're painting over polyurethane and you want your paint to stick properly. For smooth surfaces, you'll want to go coarse with 60- or 80-grit sandpaper.
Surfaces with varnish, polyurethanes, or other sealants or finishes require sanding before any paint can be properly applied. If not, the newly-painted surface will bubble, peel, crack or generally not stick.
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With an easy-to-use, less toxic formula that's designed to cut through grime, this liquid sander deglosser from Klean-Strip can remove paint, lacquer, polyurethane, enamel, and varnish.