Sanding and painting a dresser

[sassafrass]

I have read and read the process but right now, I'm second guessing myself and just want to make sure that I'm doing the correct thing.

I have a dresser which had a very thick coat of stain on it. It's definitely stain and was painted on thickly and never wiped off. I have sanded everything down but it's still "stained" and on the darker side but you can easily see the wood grain.

I guess that's normal since the dark stain penetrated the wood right? Am I good to go as long as everything is even? I'm going to prime it with an oil based primer so nothing bleeds up.

[ssmjlm]

If you're not re-staining, then you should be ok. Esp with the oil primer. It may just take 2 coats of primer just in case to really cover.

[sassafrass]

Jun 4, 2012 10:29:59 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

If you're not re-staining, then you should be ok. Esp with the oil primer. It may just take 2 coats of primer just in case to really cover.

thanks. that's what I thought!

[emoflamingo]

^agreed. I did this to an old dresser and I basically sanded to get the varnish off, then did 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of paint. It covered up fine. (now, holding up to a 5 year old is a different story lol.)

[aweilba]

The above suggestions will work beautifully. I did the same to my dresser earlier this year, and it turned out well. Just do a few thin, even coats of primer first.

[TBM]

You don't need for the primer to conceal the stain for it to work....it is meant to only need one coat, since its purpose is to seal and block the stain from bleeding through the paint, not cover like paint. The paint is the stronger surface, so you would be better off with a few coats of that rather than multiple coats of the primer.