How To Paint Melamine Furniture
You don’t need to settle for bland flatpack furniture. Instead, with the right products, you can transform your melamine furniture with paint and enhance your home décor with ease. Here’s how we took a Fantastic Furniture tallboy and gave it a fresh new look with Porter’s Paints.
What you need:
How you do it:
Step 1: Sand
Scuff the surface of the tallboy with 120 grit sandpaper. This is essential if you want your paint to stick. Melamine is very smooth and without scuffing the surface, your paint won’t adhere to it. That means a poor finish that won’t stand the test of time.
Step 2: Prime
Like sanding, priming your surface is incredibly important when painting melamine furniture. Apply 1x coat of Dulux Precision Maximum Adhesion Strength Primer to the tallboy. Allow to dry completely.
Step 3: Paint
Apply 2x coats of your chosen topcoat colour to the tallboy. We’re using the beautiful soft pink Nude from Porter’s Paints in Aquasatin. This will give the tallboy a glossy, satin finish that will continue to shine for years to come.
If you’re sick of the same old white melamine furniture taking up space in your home, but don’t want to break the bank on more unique and fun pieces, paint is the answer. Visit your local Inspirations Paint store for everything you need for your next project.
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