Home Garden
# Home & Garden >> Furniture >> Tables

How to Paint Prepainted Table Legs

Tables with painted legs look appropriate with a variety of decor, including shabby chic, French country and contemporary. For a cohesive look, your table legs should match the colors in your other furnishings and decorative accessories. Changing the color of prepainted table legs is a fairly simple project. Look at a color swatch book to select a suitable hue and decide if you want to use oil-based paint for durability or latex paint for ease.

Things You'll Need

  • Newspaper or dropcloth
  • Scraper (optional)
  • 150-grit sandpaper (optional)
  • 220-grit sandpaper
  • Tackcloth
  • Plastic sheeting
  • Scissors
  • Low-tack tape
  • Primer
  • 2-inch paintbrush
  • Semi-gloss paint
  • Mineral spirits (optional)
Show More

Instructions

    • 1

      Cover your work surface with newspaper or a dropcloth. Turn your table over to rest your tabletop on the work surface.

    • 2

      Remove any peeling or chipping paint, using a scraper. Smooth out uneven paint by sanding it with 150-grit sandpaper. Add a slight tooth to glossy, painted surfaces with 220-grit sandpaper. Remove dust from your table legs with a tackcloth.

    • 3

      Cut plastic sheeting to cover the underside of your tabletop and fit around the table legs, using scissors. Tape where the table legs meet the tabletop.

    • 4

      Prime the legs with latex or oil-based primer. Oil-based primer is more durable, but has a longer drying time and stronger paint fumes. Apply the primer with a brush, watching for dripping or pooling primer as you go. Allow the primer to dry, letting oil-based primer dry overnight.

    • 5

      Wash a brush used with latex primer with soap and water. Use mineral spirits to remove oil-based primer from a paintbrush.

    • 6

      Apply latex paint over latex primer and oil-based paint over oil-based primer for the best adhesion. Apply two smooth, even coats of semi-gloss paint to the legs of your table. Smooth out thick paint with your brush. Allow the semi-gloss paint to dry between coats, following the directions on the paint can for recoat times.

    • 7

      Wash your brush. Remove the tape and plastic sheeting. Allow the paint to cure completely before using the table.

Previous:

Next:

Tables
  1. How to Paint a Dinner Table
  2. How to Stabilize a Lightweight Table
  3. How to Make Foldable Table Legs
  4. How to Redo a Particleboard Table
  5. How to Paint Table Furniture
  6. How to Paint an Oak Table
  7. How to Paint a Varnished Table
  8. How to Sand Table Legs
  9. How to Paint an Iron Table
  10. How to Design Table Legs
  11. How to Extend Table Legs
  12. How to Paint Over a Stained Wood Table

Home Garden © https://www.98905.com