5 Unique Tips for Painting a Chair
Do you enjoy painting?
I love to paint. I thought mixing paint would be a fun job. You know back when they didn’t use computers and mixed by those measuring thingamajigs.
Of course, most people wouldn’t want the color I would mix up!!
“Just try an extra drop of blue!”
It’s exciting opening a new can of paint and see all the lushness.
I could drink it! And almost do!
My chair painting tips are unique. I’ve painted a bunch of chairs in my lifetime and hopefully have much more to paint.
On to the tips
1. Get the chair up on a table. This isn’t because of my age! Really, it’s not! Putting a chair up at eye level to paint is something I did in my twenty too!
2. Paint smaller pieces to larger pieces. I start painting the smaller rungs. Then paint the front legs. Next, the back rungs. Then the back long legs. Ending with the seat and if the back has a large piece, I paint it last.
3. Paint with your favorite music. Painting a chair causes you to contort into some unique positions. Like the way I dance! Why not add music??
4. Use the right size brush. Anytime I start to paint something Mike says, “You need a bigger brush!” That why I don’t let him paint. 🙂
5. Grab your favorite drink. You’re going to be painting for a while. Chairs just take time.
Bonus tip: Don’t dip your paint brush into your drink! I don’t know how many times I’ve done it….
but it’s a bunch!!!! :/
One other quirk I have when painting, is I like to have pockets. Because when I paint, usually with my left hand, I put my right hand in my pocket.
Got any paint quirks??
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I only starting doing this a couple years ago, but it works great. First I turn the chair upside down and paint it. I call it painting where the sun don’t shine, lol. Then I flip it over and paint it again, I don’t know how many times I would show off a chair and someone would say “You missed a spot”, it was like everyone was searching for a mistake, haven’t heard that in a long time now.
Robert, I like that, “painting where the sun don’t shine!” Thank you for your tip. Jeanette
Great tips…Thanks! You know when I paint my left hand goes into my pocket –wink!
Lol! Kristeen. Great minds think great no matter which hand goes into our pocket. Jeanette
I always attach small screws to the bottoms of the legs to keep the piece up and off the drop cloth or newspaper. I do this on solid surface pieces as well.
Great idea Nancy! I’m going to try that next time. I usually just paint right on the drop cloth unless it’s a solid surface then I use scrap pieces of wood. That works except for where the piece sits on the wood. Thank you so much! Love my readers!!!! <3 Jeanette