![]() When I have these persistent bleed-through areas, I spot prime with a third coat rather than apply another full coat onto the entire cabinet. You may be able to see a stain on the bottom part of the right leg. The second coat (below) is ready for paint other than a few tiny tiny spots. It always looks horrible before it starts looking good. Here’s what the outside of this china cabinet looked like after the first coat. When the BIN Shellac Primer is totally white, I can paint and topcoat and be 100% confident no bleedthrough or stain is going to creep through my finish. Once the second coat is applied and no more ‘stain’ is showing through, I know it’s safe to paint white. This indicates a second coat is required. The inside has been rolled with one coat of BIN Shellac Primer and you can visibly see the areas bleed through (discoloration) is showing through. In my experience (and I’ve used and tested a TON of stain-blocking primers!!!) BIN Shellac Primer is the ONLY primer that I can ACTUALLY SEE when all the bleedthrough is covered.īelow is a perfect example. I started by giving this cabinet a super good cleaning and then a light sanding followed up by BIN Shellac Primer to kill the bleed through. Cleaning with TSP, White Lightning, Krud Kutter or any other great cutter product is a must. This is the most important step… especially when using WHITE! Seriously, you don’t want to put a crisp clean white on top of a surface that has any dirt, grime, or grease on it. The very first step to painting a perfectly white piece of furniture is clean and prep. HOW TO PAINT FURNITURE WHITE STEP 1 – CLEAN If you have any issues viewing it – you can check it out here on my Youtube Channel. White Wax HERE’S A TIME-LAPSE VIDEO OF THE ENTIRE MAKEOVER THIS POST IS SPONSORED AND/OR CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS TO PRODUCTS I LOVE AND USE. Painting the inside can be a little extra work but the style of these cabinets is always a pleasure to work on.Ĭheck out the updated version!j Perfect white with shapely bare wood legs. (I’ll link to some others I painted in the Related Posts below). Even so, I absolutely love working on these. I started with this vintage china cabinet I found at the Restore which is notorious for bleddthrough. If you’re looking to update your furniture in a perfect white finish, I promise these tips will save you time, money, and a ton of frustration! Now I have a fail-proof technique down pat… which I hope will help you too. It’s years later and I’ve painted I don’t know how many white pieces and tried I don’t know how many products. ![]() Bleedthrough hiding under the white paint and rearing its ugly head only AFTER I top coated.Īt the time, I had no idea these are VERY common problems when painting wood furniture white.Bleedthrough showing through the white paint.Unfortunately, I ran into the same problems over and over again. Mostly, because I was afraid of color, but also because I was under the impression that white was the easiest finish to do. When I first started painting furniture, most of my pieces were white or off-white. Hi #sifamily, thanks for joining me today! This is the first furniture makeover and tutorial of the year so we are going back to basics. 100.8K Shares HERE ARE 5 FAIL-PROOF TIPS TO GET A PERFECTLY PAINTED WHITE FINISH ON YOUR FURNITURE EVERY TIME! | YOUTUBE VIDEO INCLUDED
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