VIDEO: Painting lacquered wood

If you have already painted wood paint over without taking care of the old paint, you will not be satisfied with the result - at least in the long run.

Minimum requirements before painting over

• If the old paint is still neat and the paint is not peeling off the wood, you will in principle be finished with the preparations for painting relatively quickly.
• It is important that the paint surface is clean and free of grease. Also, you should lightly buff them. All you need to do is sand varnished wood. The aim here is not to remove the old paint, but simply to ensure that the new paint bonds better with the old paint layer.
• With smaller surfaces you can only work with sandpaper and sanding blocks, with larger surfaces it is easier to use a sanding machine.
• Please do not forget to thoroughly remove the sanding dust after sanding.


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• If you are unable to sand down the wood that you want to paint, you can go to the To roughen the surface, use a special agent that has already been varnished wood entrusts. You can get products of this type in hardware stores.
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Lacquered wood is peeling - here's how to proceed

• However, if the lacquer layer on the wood has already loosened in places and is peeling off, you will have to invest a little more effort and then sand it more thoroughly.
• First remove the loose layers of paint with a spatula. On the other hand, if you simply stroke it, the new layer of paint will unfortunately come off very quickly.
• The paint that cannot be removed with the spatula should be sanded down thoroughly. It is not only important to roughen the lacquer surface, but also to work on the areas where raw wood comes out a little more thoroughly. Here you should pay special attention to the transitions between the exposed wooden surface and the old paint layer so that they are no longer noticeable after painting.

The remaining layer of paint is cracked - leaching is the final consequence

• If you can't get it done by sanding, a slightly roughened and stable one Underground To create for the new paint job, you have no choice but to strip off the old paint.
• Unfortunately, stripping is usually associated with a lot of effort, which is why you should consider whether you would like to give your piece of furniture to a professional cleaning company.

Regardless of which method of surface preparation you choose, the quality of your new coat of paint naturally also depends on how carefully you are later on To brush work.