How to Paint Furniture with a Spray Gun
Put on protective eyewear and a respirator.. Set up a drop-cloth-covered paint station in a well-ventilated area.. Remove all hardware from the furniture.
Steps
Put on protective eyewear and a respirator.
Put on protective eyewear and a respirator.
Set up a drop-cloth-covered paint station in a well-ventilated area.
Set up a drop-cloth-covered paint station in a well-ventilated area.
Remove all hardware from the furniture.
Remove all hardware from the furniture.
Sand your piece of furniture if it is wooden.
Sand your piece of furniture if it is wooden.
Use a wire brush and 220-grit sandpaper to smooth out metal furniture.
Use a wire brush and 220-grit sandpaper to smooth out metal furniture.
Clean up sanding dust with a tack cloth and a shop vac.
Clean up sanding dust with a tack cloth and a shop vac.
Choose a stain-blocking primer for any wood furniture.
Choose a stain-blocking primer for any wood furniture.
Pick water-based latex paint for wood furniture that gets used lightly.
Pick water-based latex paint for wood furniture that gets used lightly.
Select alkyd-based oil paint for wood furniture that gets used heavily.
Select alkyd-based oil paint for wood furniture that gets used heavily.
Opt for primer and paint formulated for metal if your furniture is metal.
Opt for primer and paint formulated for metal if your furniture is metal.
Strain your paint through a paint strainer and thin it with water or paint thinn
Strain your paint through a paint strainer and thin it with water or paint thinner.
Connect your spray gun to an air compressor and turn it on.
Connect your spray gun to an air compressor and turn it on.
Pour primer into the paint gun's paint cup until it's 2/3 of the way full.
Pour primer into the paint gun's paint cup until it's 2/3 of the way full.
Hold the paint gun about 12 in (30 cm) away from the furniture.
Hold the paint gun about 12 in (30 cm) away from the furniture.
Press the trigger and spray across the whole surface from 1 end to the other.
Press the trigger and spray across the whole surface from 1 end to the other.
Cover the whole piece of furniture in primer using overlapping passes.
Cover the whole piece of furniture in primer using overlapping passes.
Rinse the paint gun's parts out with water or paint thinner.
Rinse the paint gun's parts out with water or paint thinner.
Let the primer dry then sand it lightly with 800-grit sandpaper.
Let the primer dry then sand it lightly with 800-grit sandpaper.
Apply a coat of paint the same way you applied the primer.
Apply a coat of paint the same way you applied the primer.
Clean out your paint gun with water or paint thinner.
Clean out your paint gun with water or paint thinner.
Wait 4-8 hours for the paint to dry then lightly sand it with 800-grit sandpaper
Wait 4-8 hours for the paint to dry then lightly sand it with 800-grit sandpaper.
Spray on a second coat of paint using the same techniques.
Spray on a second coat of paint using the same techniques.
Add a coat of polyacrylic sealer if the furniture gets used heavily.
Add a coat of polyacrylic sealer if the furniture gets used heavily.
Reattach all the furniture's hardware and clean up your workspace.
Reattach all the furniture's hardware and clean up your workspace.
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