This is the gold star video on RU-vid! So helpful! A good chalk paint also works beautifully for Ikea furniture. If you know in advance you're going to paint a new piece of Ikea furniture - sand, prime & paint first.
This was such a helpful video . I know nothing about refinishing furniture and now I feel like I have some good basics to start with. Loved your style of comparing and explaining . Very thorough and clear , A+!!!! 👏🏽
I've watched many, many videos on how to paint Ikea furniture and this one is the best one I've seen by far. The "experiment" was incredibly helpful as was the recommendation to use cabinet paint. Watching this video has given me the confidence to finally paint my dresses and night tables. Wish me luck and thank you!
Yes! I’ve seen so many people that suggest/teach that you don’t have to sand at all, which is one reason I really wanted to experiment with everything! To show how important it is!
I followed your video and got the same primer and BJ paint today. Sanding and priming is done so fingers crossed. This video was so helpful. Thank you! 😊
Great video! Thanks for the upload. I request you to upload videos where you give paint numbers matching existing Ikea furniture MALM like Brown/Black, Grey, White etc. so we can paint the exact way.
This experiment came at the perfect time in my feed! I was wondering about the same thing! Thanks for experimenting and sharing your experience! I’m using this info to paint my ikea Kallax.
Thank you for making this video! I’ve watched so many videos on IKEA hacks and appreciate how you broke it down to the main questions everyone asks. What grit do you recommend sanding your furniture at? I have a medium brown hemnes 6-drawer dresser.
So, did you remove the Ikea top and make a custom extended top to cover the little side piece that you added? You replaced the top after the painting was done? What did you use for the top? I wish you had shown the entire process of how you added the top and exactly how you built the beautiful drawer fronts. (I'm not smart enough to figure all that out without specific instructions.) Great job though. I love it!
We had extra oak from another project so we laminated it together and made custom counter tops for these built-ins. But you could also get a pre-made wood counter top from a hardware store, cut it to size and do the same thing :) This video just goes over the painting - the actual build happens in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BZkNRAHOR-I.htmlsi=Sa2JfS28hv0NKP1Z or search "Reading Nook & Upstairs Loft Reveal" on our channel :). Thanks so much for watching! Let us know if you have any other questions ☺️
Wow! Thanks for doing this for us❤ but hypotenuse has me cracking up. We all occasionally do that because how often do we get to need to arrive to a hypothesis or otherwise 🤷🏽♀️🥸😬 love it.
Thanks a bunch! Definitely subscribing. I plan to repaint our ikea alex drawer from white to black and this was what I needed. Just to confirm, sand> prime> sand a little again> then paint? Thank you!
LOL - nice I see what you did there 😊 search "Reading Nook & Upstairs Loft Reveal | with IKEA Hack Built-In Cabinets" on our channel and you can see the build of the top :)
Love this video, answers pretty much all the questions i needed answering going forward doing my own project, So thank you for that :) one question tho, The Bullseye 123 primer, does work work using a sprayer?
I'm jealous, I used SW Extreme Bond and had horrible results. It scratched off so easily with my fingernail even though I sanded prior. The only difference is my SW Extreme primer was tinted. So maybe that was the difference maker.
We’ve used the tinted primer lots! Is it possible you didn’t give it enough time to set? We’ve used it on so many projects and have had literally zero issues - tinted and not-tinted!
@@LindiandRuss Thank you Lindi! Found your channel yesterday and binged, love what you do ❤ I was always in the workshop with my dad, getting back into it now. And welcome to beautiful BC 😊
Hi Lindi and Russ! I heard you say in the video that you use Benjamin Moore Onyx, but is it their INSL-X cabinet coat line or their regal select line? Thanks in advance!
Very helpful video. Can I ask when you refer to sanding between 1st and second coat.. is that sanding between primer and first coat of paint or between 1st and 2nd coats of paint? Do you need to sand between primer and 1st coat of paint? Thank you.
a light sand (like 200 grit plus) between any coat will help for a great finish. But if you wanted to minimize the sanding I would just do a light sand between the primer and first coat of paint.
I got sent here by @diydanie . I've never tried to paint laminate before I usually use the shellac bin because I'm painting wood and I have tannin bleed through. Usually sanding between coats has to do more with getting a smooth even finish then with bonding itself. Sanding between primer and paint would only make a difference if the primer went on kind of lumpy or rough. I would love to know by what you meant by like latex paint and cabinet paint? any of these chalk paints or mineral paints? What brand? What sprayer did you wreck? I'm going to have to check out that extreme Bond stuff cuz I've been doing a fair amount of furniture work. I don't foresee myself doing a lot of laminate but I do currently have an Ikea desk but I kind of beat up and I'm switching up my desk and give it to my kids so it's going to be in the living room and I either need to paint the top or contact paper it. Do you know if that primer happens to block tannins? Thanks for the video
We didn't test oil based paint as it is getting harder to find (I don't think you can buy in Canada anymore except for some specialty paints). So just went with the common ones found in the stores.
Can I ask what the difference between cabinet and latex paint is? Is cabinet oil based? I'm asking since I live in Europe and we don't class paint as "cabinet" or furniture, but on what the base is.
I definitely should’ve said in the video! Sorry! It’s just a higher quality latex paint! Most of our paint retailers here have a “cabinet” line too that I would recommend opting for.
@@LindiandRuss thanks for responding. Any video on how you made it? I have a white hemnes dresser I am about to start and would like to do that kind of top. Assuming I could just use plywood and stain it?
Hello Thank you for making this video, you inspired me. I wanted to use latex instead of cabinet paint, you said that has been tested but you didn’t talk about it Isn’t good?
The latex just didn't hold up as good. The cabinet paint had better scuff and scratch resistance. The cabinet paint is better for high traffic/touch point areas.
Hey just loved your video i have hauga ikea dresser and i dont know what paint to use on it? Sanding, priming and paint right? Anything to seal the paint or not?
Upon unboxing, I was immediately upset at how the rails were very noticeably bent. But I kept going, all tools needed to assemble were included ru-vid.comUgkxqtX4Dxs6aecAZEuz6GY5-d81YecKCshn and I had it set up in about 30 minutes. Honestly I love this thing, make sure to read the measurements and measure your space so you know if it'll work for you. I bought this to put inside my closet, underneath where I hang my clothes and it is absolutely perfect! It is VERY sturdy and all drawers glide easily and mine are stuffed, and they are still flush when closed.
Great video, and very helpful. I have to say though, if I had the facilities and equipment you have I would just build my own rather than pay Ikea for something I'm just going to change beyond recognition.
You definitely can use any paint method, this is just showing the method that I think will last the longest and give the best finish! If I was using a lower quality spray paint, I would probably sand in between each layer and still definitely use primer!
Extreme bond is alot easier to use and clean up. Shellac really shines for preventing bleed through on bare wood. As long as your apartment is ok with painting - I would go with extreme bond. If you are just painting walls, a primer like bulleye 1-2-3 is fine too.
True! I’ll do that if I ever re-do it! Although I just want my painted cabinet to look the best and last longest, so I really was looking for the best solution. I’m definitely not a scientist, lol.
I saw how you added the faux mdf piece to extend the length but how did you extend the top? I was going to up cycle my bedroom drawers but now think I might try fake fitting them too!
No issues after a couple years of use in a house of 3 small kids and pets. We are really happy with how it is performing. I think adding a additional top coat really depends on the quality of the paint you use :)
Nice! I’m trying to repurpose a black IKEA small bookshelf that was in my son’s room. I’m not into tossing stuff, so I need to save it, and the black is just too overpowering in the room I want to use it in
