Painting kitchen table and chairs

garv123

Hi, I'm looking at painting a pine set of tables and chairs,
Not sure what colour yet but I've started sanding off the old finish, it appears to be a wax finish of some sort and has a lot of marks/ stains.
There's a lot of corners and hard to get bits on the chairs.
My question is, how much Sanding do I have to do before I repaint it and does it need a primer?
Is a satinwood paint the best finish for it?

romaderwdcsax

garv123 wrote: »

Hi, I'm looking at painting a pine set of tables and chairs,
Not sure what colour yet but I've started sanding off the old finish, it appears to be a wax finish of some sort and has a lot of marks/ stains.
There's a lot of corners and hard to get bits on the chairs.
My question is, how much Sanding do I have to do before I repaint it and does it need a primer?
Is a satinwood paint the best finish for it?

Do a decent bit of sanding. Then apply bin primer, expensive but an absolutely brilliant product, exactly what you need. If your using table and chairs everyday, you might need to use gloss as it’s a harder wearing product, but if it’s only casual use then satinwood would be perfect

dodzy

romaderwdcsax wrote: »

Do a decent bit of sanding. Then apply bin primer, expensive but an absolutely brilliant product, exactly what you need. If your using table and chairs everyday, you might need to use gloss as it’s a harder wearing product, but if it’s only casual use then satinwood would be perfect

Good advice. Definitely go with satin for the topcoat, or even eggshell would be aesthetically better. 2 coats of zinnsser BIN will take care of the adhesion. Just to note, the primer dries quickly, very quickly, so be neat with the brushstrokes/roller.

colm_c

Also note that it takes 4-6 weeks for water based paint to fully cure.

Before then it will.be very easily marked.

So if it's in use, it might be hard to do!

romaderwdcsax

If using oil based paint add a bit of owtrol oil to the paint as it helps with brush/roller marks. If using water based paint add floetrol to the paint, again helps with brush/roller marks. Use a good quality 1.5 inch brush and use a foam rad roller sleeve to get a top quality finish.

romaderwdcsax

If using oil based paint add a bit of owtrol oil to the paint as it helps with brush/roller marks. If using water based paint add floetrol to the paint, again helps with brush/roller marks. Use a good quality 1.5 inch brush and use a foam rad roller sleeve to get a top quality finish.

physioman

Don't paint the seat of the chair. Paint will chip easily

physioman

Don't paint the seat of the chair. Paint will chip easily

dok_golf

You don't need to sand if using BIN. Also, in the last few months, it's not as effective as it once was, why I don't know. You may need to apply 2 coats. Fleetwood do an excellent alternative called Terminator, which is slightly cheaper

garv123

thanks for all the replies, Ill look into getting the BIN primer.

I'm thinking of keeping the top of the table and chairs in a pine colour,
Has anyone used OSMO hardwax oil? How did you find it or any other recommendations?

Sleepy

We did very similar - painted the rest and just sanded and oiled the table top and chair seats. It's not particularly hard-wearing but I love the finish of natural, matt wood.

garv123

Sleepy wrote: »

We did very similar - painted the rest and just sanded and oiled the table top and chair seats. It's not particularly hard-wearing but I love the finish of natural, matt wood.

What colour did you go for?

Sleepy

A Light Grey Satinwood and the oiling darkened the pine to a colour similar to our oak counter-top. Came out quite nicely though I do plan to give the table-top another go over with a sander when I get the time and weather for it.

Got the table and chairs from free from someone who'd made a ham-fisted effort at upcycling it by slathering it in chalk paint so had nearly 2 days of sanding to get it back to bare wood. Still, kitchen table and chairs for €20 worth of paint and teak oil and a few days work was good going imho!