Will Gel Stain Work On Laminate Furniture

If it comes off easily then it s not sticking so don t use it.

Will gel stain work on laminate furniture.

Laminate is very smooth and shiny so you must sand or the paint and the gel stain won t stick. To test apply gel stain let dry for 48 hours and then try to scratch it off. General finishes gel stain on knotty pine. Apply as many coats of the mix as needed to obtain the desired color allowing 24 hour dry time between coats.

Clean your project with a scotch brite pad and a 50 50 mix of denatured alcohol and water. Lightly sand the laminate with 150 grit sandpaper. Sanding down to raw wood would be the very best practice but the following is the most common prep it only takes a few minutes first. Though how to paint and stain laminate was not one i considered.

Simply dip the rag lightly into the stain mixture and then squeeze out any excess drips. It does stick to some and not to others. This is where you want to proceed with caution. Gel stain will not require you to sand the product to a raw wood finish.

Yes i said bedroom suite. Fortunately for those with laminate cabinets gel stain works well on a variety of surfaces other than real wood allowing you to stain your cabinets without leaving them a streaky splotchy mess. If it looks like a gloopy mess that. My bedroom suite was currently white and wood laminate.

You can apply gel stain to mdf stained surfaces and most painted surfaces including milk paint chalk paint and latex paint. See below forgive the oil stained garage. It was the furniture kept in my childhood bedroom since i was 12. Yes it was perfect for a 12 year old girl s bedroom.

Before you do anything take a before pic. With the oak cabinets the grain was very evident post staining. It matches the general finishes java gel stain and will cover in two coats. I decided to stain the drawers and paint the body to match the dresser in my room.

Prep work before using gel stain on furniture stop. The gel stain is thick like pudding not a liquid. You want your cloth rag to be damp with stain but not wet. To preserve the look of the wood grain on laminated furniture try using a tinted polyurethane stain.

To fix sand the table lightly with 120 grit sandpaper and restain the table. You could choose to use minwax polyshades to stain laminate or a similar brand. Open your can of gel stain. To improve adherence of the stain mix 2 parts gel stain with one part gel satin topcoat.

Many ask if the gels can be used on laminate or plastic non wood surfaces. Apply first coat of stain to laminate furniture. While gel stain does go on thick and sit on the surface of the wood i found that you can still see and feel the natural wood grain beneath unlike paint. If you need some ideas on what shade of stain click here.

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