Painted Oak Table

This time however i found a bargain i couldn t resist in the shape of an oak pedestal table with leaf and six pressed back chairs.
Painted oak table. Although i have finished two tables here and here and even eight chairs for one of those tables here and here i didn t tackle them all at once. If you re painting an oak tabletop and you want a glassy finish that doesn t show grain fill the grain with a. It comes as a powder that you mix with water and you apply it with a brush. We have the sofa and one end table taken apart sanded primed with kilz and one coat of black ish paint on the tops.
Milk paint is an attractive alternative to enamel for bare wood. The first coat of paint will seal the wood. Suezbell that oak table is a generic piece from the 70 80 s era. To try it paint the bottom half of the legs of your table.
Or try the reverse. The dipped look is a great way to introduce a strong color without completely committing to a shade. If you choose this option omit the primer. Paint most of the table but let the wood peek out on the bottom half of the legs.
The paint i choose is a paint and primer in one and while i would have been fine with it alone if i was working on walls or with furniture that was already covered in a similar finish latex paint with this table i just felt more comfortable using a stand alone primer. If you want to get really creative consider using chalkboard paint on the top of. We are currently in the process of painting the coffee sofa and two end tables all oak not much of a finish left because they are the tables that were in my childhood home black.