Painting a Cargo Dresser

[Donuthole]

It doesn't really have one. It's that cargo from the 80s, so at the very most it has some kind of stain on it, if anything.

I painted a dresser with, as you describe it "some kind of stain on it, if anything" a handful of years ago when my wife was pregnant with our first. I sanded with a semi-fine grit (200-250ish) and then primed it with a foamie brush and a single coat of KILLZ primer. Then I painted a single cream coat, again with the foamie, and finished it with 2 coats of flat, brown spray paint (being careful not to over spray so as to cause runs). To finish it, I sanded the edges and raised portions of the drawers, corners, edges, trim, etc. to reveal the cream underneath.

It came out looking great, and we receive compliments on it from just about anyone who sees it. All in all, I think it took me a Friday evening (sand and prime) and the better part of a Saturday (paint, wait, paint, wait, paint wait, final sand--with lots of college football during the "wait" parts) to complete.

Careful, though. If you do too good of a job, you may end up painting a crib, changing station, and toddler's bed to match.

[DrumNFeather]

what is the curretn finsih?

It doesn't really have one. It's that cargo from the 80s, so at the very most it has some kind of stain on it, if anything.

[creekster]

I tend to think just about any painting project turns out better if you sand and prime. They do make primer-paint-in-one now (Behr at Home Depot, for example), FYI.

AGreed, but you might want do to more depending on the finish. You might just rough up the surface. If it is already painted and the paint is in good condition there is no real reason to prime. or you might want to strip or sand compeltely, etc. In my mind it depends on what is there now.

[Donuthole]

This has got to be a softball for you handy-types. I have an old cargo dresser that I'm thinking about painting.

The questions:

Do I need to sand it?

Do I need to prime it?

Let's start there.

I tend to think just about any painting project turns out better if you sand and prime. They do make primer-paint-in-one now (Behr at Home Depot, for example), FYI.

[creekster]

This has got to be a softball for you handy-types. I have an old cargo dresser that I'm thinking about painting.

The questions:

Do I need to sand it?

Do I need to prime it?

Let's start there.

what is the curretn finsih?

[DrumNFeather]

This has got to be a softball for you handy-types. I have an old cargo dresser that I'm thinking about painting.

The questions:

Do I need to sand it?

Do I need to prime it?

Let's start there.