Refresh your home's appeal with furniture paint

PARKERSBURG, W. Va., Oct. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Furniture, bookcases, cabinets, and doors present opportunities to add or change color throughout a home. Woodcraft offers an extensive line of furniture paint, tools, and supplies necessary for successful painting projects. Plus Woodcraft retail store associates are always ready to help customers, and extensive how-to material is a click away at woodcraft.com.

Lori Harper, Woodcraft public relations manager and blogger, offers some advice about updating a kitchen: "Painting kitchen cabinets is a big job, but it can transform the look of your kitchen at a fraction of the cost of new cabinets. It may sound daunting but breaking it down into bite-size steps can take away the fear factor." To see her project blog, visit Woodworking Adventures on woodcraft.com and search for "Kitchen Cabinet Conundrum." 

Paint & Color Selection
Three easy to use and easy to mix paints are:

• Black Dog Salvage Furniture Paint, a water-based, low VOC, matte finish paint for indoor use that requires only cleanup before painting, except in the case of chips and scratches, and adheres to wood, metal, glass, ceramics and plastic.
• General Finishes Milk Paints, premixed water-based acrylic paints suitable for a variety of interior or exterior applications from furniture to crafts.
• General Finishes Gel Stains, heavy-bodied gels formulated to flow evenly for consistent color control.

Before you pick up a paint brush, spend time considering what colors are best for the area you plan to "refresh." Choices need to complement wall color and colors of other pieces or accents in a room. Two handy color guides are the 36-page General Finishes Milk Paint Fan Deck and the Black Dog Salvage Furniture Paint Color Recipes (a free PDF download on woodcraft.com).

Repair
If furniture, cabinets and other surfaces need repair prior to painting, the Mohawk PermaFill Wood Touch-Up and Repair System is an easy answer. Briwax ChaiRX is perfect to fix loose parts in chairs. To see a video that demonstrates these products, visit https://youtu.be/iWMu6OKyOUE.

Clean and Prep
Use Krud Kutter TSP Substitute to remove dirt, grease, mildew, food stains, crayon, wax and more from surfaces, so paint will adhere better. For sanding chores, consider the Porter-Cable Restorer Handheld Drum Sander with attachments. For sanding with hand power, the Preppin' Weapon Sanding Block Kit and Norton 4-1/2 " x 5-1/2" SoftTouch Sanding Sponges are handy helpers.

Application & Topcoat
If spraying is your preference, HOMERIGHT Finish Max Fine Finish and HOMERIGHT Super Finish Max HVLP Sprayers are easy to use for everything from furniture to fences with oil- and water-based products such as chalk-style paint, latex paint, milk paint, enamels, primers, polyurethanes, stains and varnishes. Large and Small Spray Shelters make furniture painting easier.

For painting by hand, consider Black Dog Salvage Furniture Paint Round Brushes, made from natural and synthetic bristles. 

Give paint extra protection with Black Dog Salvage Guard Dog and Show Dog Topcoats and General Finishes Gel and High Performance Polyurethane Topcoats.

To learn more about these and other products, visit your local Woodcraft store, call (800) 535-4482 or visit www.woodcraft.com.

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