? about painting a dresser

[melk]

A friend wants to give me her dd's old dresser. It is white with a formica top. The drawers however are black, may be formica also. If so, can I paint over the black? Is there a special preparation or a special paint that I could use on it? Thanks!

 

[DoeWDW]

My DH just painted DD's dresser but it was wood. He used KILZ primer on it. The stain (Williamsburg blue) that he was trying to cover kept bleeding through one type of KILZ but he tried a different KILZ product and that worked great! Then he painted the dresser and drawer pulls white and the drawers a light green (to match the walls in her room). It turned out beautiful!

There are several different KILZ products and I'm not sure if any of them would address formica but at least it's a place to start.

Best of luck!

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Formica has no pores-paint doesn't stick to it well.
If you paint over the formica, I would recommend
a paint used for plastic or metal.

The formica is glued over wood, but it is usually
a particle board (pressed wood pieces, not solid.)
If you take the formica off-the particle board will
deteriorate if left unfinished.

Hope this helps.

 

[melk]

Thanks for the tips, I think I'll take a trip to the paint store and see what they recommend,also.

 

[Disney Doll]

Sand the whole thing, including the formica, first, and then talk to the paint store person and see what kind of Kilz they recommend to go over it.

 

[floridafam]

Normally, I would sand it, prime it and then paint it. Formica is tricky. You may have to prep the formica with something suggested by a paint store.

Everyone used to say you couldn't paint it or tile but a lot of people are painting their tile now.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

 

[pjlla]

Actually I'd love to hear the outcome of this. I HATE my bedroom set (if you can call it that!), which consists of an antique dresser hand-me-down from my parents, an old bureau (gift to me from my Grandparents when I was born), a headboard I made myself (probably should have spent more time on the details, but not bad overall), two nightstands from the unfinished furniture store, and a few assorted, mismatching bookselves and entertainment center.

I have long considered painting the whole mess white, but the one thing holding me back has been the fact that the burea has a formica top (I believe.... otherwise how would it still be so shiny after 40 years?!). LOVE TO HEAR HOW THE OP's PROJECT TURNS OUT!!! MELK, PM me if you wouldn't mind!!.............P