Painting Wooden Furniture Like a Pro: We Show You How it's Done

If you want a silky matt look, MissPompadour Eggshell Varnish is the right choice for you. These qualities are the most robust and very easy to care for. If you like the matt look, choose your desired shade from the MissPompadour Matt Varnishes or the CosyColours chalk varnishes. Our LittlePomp chalk varnishes in pastel shades are also wonderfully suitable.

The question of the specific colour is often a very individual one. Of course, the colour shade should best match your furnishings and style. White is always popular and timeless, as it goes with practically every style - whether country house, modern or shabby. So you'll be pleased to know that you can easily paint your wooden furniture in one of our many shades of white! With white, simply calculate with 3 - 4 coats, depending on the substrate and white tone, sometimes a primer is appropriate. Then a clear white will also cover and give you the opportunity to change your old wooden furniture.

Paint all corners and edges as well as ornaments and hard-to-reach areas with the fine MissPompadour brush. For larger areas, use the varnish roller for water-based varnishes. Of course you can also paint your whole work with the brush. Our fine brushes are very flat and bevelled. This allows you to achieve very smooth surfaces. Just try what works best for you.

We distinguish between natural wood and wood that has already been varnished

With natural wood , you should always check whether it has been waxed or oiled in recent years. If so, you must sand the wood in any case, otherwise the paint will not adhere well

If the surface has already been painted, you can just paint it. And it doesn't matter whether they are coated with acrylic varnish or synthetic resin varnish. Only if the coloured lacquer is flaking off in places do you have to sand the corresponding areas.

If your piece of furniture to be painted is waxed, you must remove the wax before painting. You can do this with Painting the Past Remover or by sanding the wood. The wax must be completely removed for your paint to last.

With oiled furniture, the question is how long it has been since the last oiling. If you have always re-oiled in the last few years, you should also sand the surface and give it a good clean. If your 20-year-old piece of furniture was oiled once at the beginning and then never again, you do not need to sand it.

Since waxed or oiled furniture is natural wood, we recommend priming with MissPompadour To Bond & Block.

If you work with the varnish qualities and want to paint already varnished furniture, you do not need a primer. A primer coat of MissPompadour To Bond & Block is appropriate if you are painting a natural wood.

Oak, tropical and softwoods tend to "bleed out". This means that tannins are released from the wood and cause unsightly stains in the varnish. Of course, this effect is most visible on light and medium-light varnishes. So if you paint very dark, you can do without the primer. If you want to paint your furniture with MissPompadour Matt Varnish, you can do this wonderfully on natural woods. Of course, you will need our primer here too if your wood could bleed. If you paint Matt Varnish on an already sealed, i.e. lacquered surface, you can use To Bond & Block to ensure that the paint adheres better to the substrate.

Our paints and varnishes all have a very high opacity and are therefore wonderfully suitable for painting wooden furniture. In most cases, you can achieve a great, opaque result with just two coats. Sometimes, however, more coats are needed. Please note our instructions for priming.

For many projects, you can achieve a very beautiful result with just 2 coats. Of course, it also depends on the painting technique, the surface and the desired colour how many coats you need. In our practical quantity calculator, which you will find next to each colour shade, you enter what and how many square metres you are painting. You will then get the estimated consumption for two coats.

Our varnishes and paints have a very high opacity. They can be thinned with water to achieve a transparent look. Please note that this can be at the expense of durability. Also, you cannot use a primer with diluted paint, as it would show through. So if you are painting wood that tends to bleed, we advise against thinning the paint.

How long a coating lasts is, of course, always dependent on the wear and tear. Every painted surface is subject to a certain amount of wear. In addition, the durability also depends on the substrate. If the surface is stable and well cleaned, our varnishes and paints have a very good durability. With MissPompadour To Seal you can additionally protect furniture that is subject to heavy use. However, as every painting fan has a different opinion of the use of their furniture, we cannot make any predictions as to how many years your paint will last perfectly. In a pinch, chipped spots or scratches are really easy to repair.

The silk matt varnish qualities of MissPompadour Eggshell Varnish are very robust. If you expect heavy loads, you can use MissPompadour To Seal to make the surfaces even more resilient. The matt qualities MissPompadour Matt Varnish and LittlePomp chalk varnishes are not quite as robust. Here you can also use MissPompadour To Seal to create a more robust surface. You can also seal the matt qualities wonderfully with our wood wax. One or two coats of the colourless Wax-Polish are often enough. Take a look at our blog post about this.

Cleaning your lacquered furniture is very easy! Dust with cotton cloths - do not use microfibres, as they have an abrasive surface and gradually remove the varnish. For stains, wipe carefully with a damp sponge and dishwashing liquid. Generally, gentle cleaners are more suitable because they do not attack the varnish.

It is important that you do not expose the paint to standing moisture, as it does not like this and it can dissolve it.

However, the painted surfaces do not require any further care.

Our paints are low-odour and can be used indoors without difficulty. When painting, make sure there is a good exchange of air.