Painting a Desk, Dont know where to put this. |
 Mar 27 2009, 04:28 PM
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I was looking for a new desk and i looked all over the place and couldnt find anything. I went into a thrift store and saw this perfect desk for 20$! I would have bought it if it was 100 cause it was what I had been looking for! Well It is probably kinda old and it has this old style wood covering if you know what im talking about.
It looks like wood but it isnt. It is prob a thin layer of plastic that has wood print. So I was wondering how can I paint this?! I went to Sherwin Williams and they gave us a bonding primer tat apparently sticks to anything. He told us to give the desk a good sand first. I started sanding a leg just to try it and even after sanding really hard it didnt effect it. Im not sure how much I should sand it. Maybe I did it enough. Just to get off the top plasticy layer. So I guess I just want to here what method you would use. PS: im planning on painting it black. (I dont even know why im asking this on a myspace layouts site forum. haha) |
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Mar 27 2009, 05:58 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
You could always sand it down (make sure that you wipe it with a damp cloth before you paint it) and then put a layer of paint, sand again, put a layer of paint. If it effs up and looks bad you can always sand the paint off. There are also paints made for plastics, but idk how well those would work. If you google "laminate painting" you can get different ideas. And I'm sure you can google for ways to make it look better doing something other than painting it. It will take a lot of time for it to get right. (But, hey, if in the end you get frustrated and run out of ideas it's not like you wasted a ton of money.)
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jcp Painting a Desk Mar 27 2009, 04:28 PM
technicolour Sand it first. Sand it to where you don't have... Mar 27 2009, 04:46 PM karmakiller It's laminate, right?
If so, you just need to... Mar 27 2009, 04:47 PM jcp Like should I sand it till you cant even see any w... Mar 27 2009, 04:59 PM brooklyneast05 it's probably going to look like shit. i mean ... Mar 27 2009, 05:09 PM jcp ...
Well let's say it did work well, which im... Mar 27 2009, 05:27 PM jcp Visual of what the desk may look like after its bl... Mar 27 2009, 06:23 PM 9001 I wouldn't. Use a stain instead of a paint. Mar 27 2009, 06:55 PM brooklyneast05 staining fake wood is gonna be worse than painting... Mar 27 2009, 07:00 PM
technicolour QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Mar 27 2009, 07:00... Mar 27 2009, 07:09 PM 9001 Painting it isn't going to look good either. Mar 27 2009, 07:14 PM jcp You cant stain that stuff. Im not gonna paint it. ... Mar 27 2009, 07:27 PM fire Cover it in Pokemon contact paper. Mar 27 2009, 08:03 PM 9001 QUOTE(fire @ Mar 27 2009, 08:03 PM) Cover... Mar 27 2009, 08:06 PM jcp haha. Good idea. Mar 27 2009, 08:27 PM |
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