Off white table top and blue base with blue chairs.
Chalk paint pealing from laminate.
The key is to degloss and roughen the plastic surface of laminate and melamine and to use the right paint or coating products.
It gives the surface a little bit of a grip that will adhere to most any paint but works especially well for chalk paint.
I prefer to make my own chalk paint with plaster of paris always using a quality painbrush.
Chose our paint type and color.
Improperly applied paint will peel off of laminate and melamine creating a bigger mess than you started out with.
Tips for painting laminate furniture with chalk paint.
Here is the freshed up after.
I started out by cleaning this shelf with a deglosser.
Free laminate dresser transformation step by step 1.
This is a must have if you re trying to adhere any kind of paint to laminate.
The two paints started to separate and i knew i screwed the counter top paint up so i threw it away and decided to just chalk paint my laminate counter tops.
I did not prime this shelf first because you aren t supposed to have to do that with chalk paint but what you are.
They are peeling big time.
Here is the before leftover from the granite job.
Hello question i m making my own chalk paint because i love all the different color choices there is.
At over 26 000 views one of my most watched youtube tutorials is on how to paint over laminate with annie sloan chalk paint.
Used the dresser as was for months because i was pregnant and worried about paint fumes.
And don t worry it s incredibly easy to distress the piece later with this primer.
Others can be used without primer.
If you re using chalk paint for a project you pretty much can t mess it up.
We found out later that the paint i ended up using had hardly any fumes but i didn t want to take any chances.
Chalk paint is a great choice for painting laminate cabinets because it hides brush strokes.
Since a lot of people are interested in this topic i m sharing a post that i originally published september 2014.
I have ran into a problem with the 2nd coat peeling so i have seen other tutorials on using mod podge between the coats i noticed today when i did this the first layer started to peel i have all the nessary steps to prep them even using latex gloves when.
Annie sloan products are ridiculously overpriced.
I think most people like chalk paint for it s versatility i like the smooth finish of wet sanding the feel vs latex the ability to layer colours and the depth glaze provides to name a few.
My counter tops are unusable now without flecks of paint in cinnamon bun.
This makes me so happy because regardless of whether you re a pro painter or a total beginner this won t impact the outcome of your project.
I m using the sand grout method.