VIDEO: Painting the cabinet white

Prepare the cabinet for painting

If you want to paint a closet white, you have to prepare the furniture and the workplace well.

• Choose a room that can be well ventilated after painting.
• Dismantle accessories such as handles, decorations and wheels.
• If dismantling is not possible, cover parts well.
• Doors and remove the drawers if necessary and paint them separately.
• Cover the floor at the workplace with old newspapers or cover film.
• Have work materials ready and allow enough time.

Paint furniture white

To paint a closet white streak-free, you first need the right shade. You can choose this from a large assortment of white colors in the hardware store. You will also need sandpaper, paintbrushes, foam roller, paint containers, and a vacuum cleaner. Before painting begins, use lukewarm water to remove dirt and greasy spots from the cabinet.

1. Roughen surfaces. Roughen the surface of the cabinet with sandpaper.

   

2. Old paint from wood sand down. If the cabinet has a different basic color, you should sand off the old color completely. With a light base color, thorough roughening is sufficient.
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3. Use vacuum cleaner. You can use a vacuum cleaner while sanding. This means that no grinding residue remains on the surfaces.

   



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4. Base coat. To brush Now apply a primer to the wood so that bumps and grooves in the wood are smoothed out.

   

5. Paint without streaks. For the streak-free paint, apply the white paint with a foam roller.

   

6. Paint thoroughly. When applying, roll over the furniture several times until everything is evenly covered with paint. Then let the cabinet dry well.

   

7. Paint the wood with varnish. For a long durability of the color, you can now paint the cabinet with protective varnish. Also use the foam roller for the paint so that no streaks form.

   

8. Let the painted surfaces dry. Once the cabinet is painted, let it dry and reattach all the individual parts that were removed.

   

Instead of primer and varnish, you can use it for furniture use only one product. There are colors for wood available that already include primer and varnish. In this way, you not only paint your wardrobe white, but also other furniture in many different colors.