DIY: how to repaint a console table (Mixed MDF and solid wood)

 

We badly need a prop for Zet and Anthony’s pre-nup shoot. A chest of drawers or a table that is in pastel colors. But where are we going to get it?

When tadah! Delivery from our supplier for At home furniture store.

A small half circle console table.

Yeah it’s brown and too conventional, but it has the shape but definitely not the color.

But since we wanted most of the things for Zet’s wedding to be personalized and hands-on, Lang and I got our hand ready for some messy fun.

What you’ll need:

Sand paper (tons of it)

Epoxy primer

Brushes

Enamel paint for top coat

First sand the surface to remove the little gloss finish in order for the paint to stick. 

But not too hard because the table’s surface is just  medium density fiber board and if we sand too much it will expose the particle board.

The epoxy primer comes it two parts, one white paint and the other a clear one that makes the paint harden very fast. You have to mix it very well  in order to get the right consistency.

Apply the first coat of the primer. Let it dry and apply the second coat.

It will look glossy like this one after it dries up. But that's not what you want it to look like before you paint over the colored paint.

Sand it.

Lesson learned here. We shouldn't have done it inside the office (DUH!). 

We were covered with white dust.

After you have sanded everything smooth. Mind you its not that easy to sand it. 

We sand it for almost 2 days because we can’t get the smoothness we were looking for.

Finally apply the top coat. Letting it dry before applying the second and last coat.

And there you go. From conventional colored piece to a chic furniture. Ready for the photo shoot!

P.S. we did not intend to sell it again but when we placed it back in the showroom trying to decide where to use it or place it. Somebody inquired about it and actually bought it! Good job!