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.

Neutral colours that are easy to combine, such as the wood colours black, white, grey and green, are very popular for painting furniture. However, if you prefer to keep the walls neutral and the furniture colourful, try vibrant colours such as yellow or orange!

The question of the specific colour is often a very individual one. Of course, the colour shade should best match your interior and your style. White is always popular and timeless, as it suits practically every style - whether country house, modern or shabby. So you'll be pleased to hear that you can easily paint your wooden furniture in one of our many shades of white! With white, simply expect 3 - 4 coats, depending on the substrate and shade of white, sometimes a primer is required. 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 decorations and hard-to-reach areas with the fine MissPompadour brush. Then paint larger areas with the varnish roller for water-based varnishes. Of course, you can also paint your entire workpiece with the brush. Our fine brushes are very flat and bevelled. This allows you to achieve very smooth surfaces. Just try out what works best for you.

We differentiate here between natural wood and already varnished wood.

With natural wood , you should always check whether it has been waxed or oiled in recent years. If this is the case, you will definitely need to sand the wood, otherwise the colour will not hold well.

If the surface has already been painted, you can simply start painting. And it doesn't matter whether they are coated with acrylic varnish or synthetic resin varnish. Only if the coloured paint peels off in places do the corresponding areas need to be sanded down.

If the piece of furniture to be painted is waxed, you must remove the wax before painting. Sand the wood. The wax must be completely removed for your paint to last.

For oiled furniture, the question is how long it has been since you last oiled it. If you have re-oiled it from time to time in recent years, you should also sand the surface and clean it well. However, if your 20-year-old piece of furniture was oiled once at the beginning and then never again, you don't need to sand it.

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

If you are working with the varnish qualities and want to paint furniture that has already been varnished, you do not need a primer. A primer with MissPompadour To Bond & Block is recommended if you are painting natural wood.

Oak, tropical and softwoods tend to "bleed". This means that tannins are released from the wood and cause unsightly stains in the varnish. This effect is of course particularly visible on light and medium-light varnishes. So if you paint very dark colours, 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 also need our primer here if your wood could bleed. If you paint Matt Varnish on an already sealed, i.e. varnished surface, you can use To Bond & Block to ensure that the colour adheres better to the substrate.

Our paints and varnishes all have a very high opacity and are therefore ideal for painting wooden furniture. In most cases, you can achieve a great, opaque result with just 2 coats of furniture varnish. However, sometimes you need more coats. Please follow our instructions for priming.

For many projects, you can achieve a very nice result with just 2 coats of paint. Of course, how many coats you need also depends on the painting technique, the substrate and the desired colour. 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 colours have a very high opacity. They can be thinned with water to achieve a transparent look. Please note that this can have a negative impact on durability. In addition, 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 coat of paint lasts naturally always depends on how much it is used. Every painted surface is subject to a certain amount of wear and tear. The durability also depends on the substrate. If it is stable and well cleaned, our varnishes and colours have a very good durability. With MissPompadour To Seal you can additionally protect furniture that is subject to heavy wear. However, as every paint fan estimates the use of their furniture differently, we cannot predict how many years your paint will last perfectly. If necessary, chipped areas or scratches are really very 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 varnished furniture is very easy! Wipe off dust with cotton cloths - avoid microfibre, as this has an abrasive surface and gradually removes the varnish. For stains, you can wipe carefully with a damp sponge and washing-up liquid. Gentle cleaners are generally more suitable as they do not attack the varnish.

It is important that you do not expose the colour to standing moisture, as it does not like this and 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. To Paint, ensure a good exchange of air.