Painting a chair red is not as easy as it looks.. In my thrift store travels I came across a little chair with a straw seat that looked amazingly like this little $139.00 dollar beauty except it was not red. Easy enough I thought just get some paint and make it red..
Well ..I found out..that's soooo much easier said than done..
But in the end I'm sure it will be worth it.. So far this is what I've got.
Here is the little chair with 1 coat of Kilz oil based primer. First I sanded the whole thing , just enough to take off the shine and sand out any scratches etc...and then applied the primer with a small brush.
2 coats of red paint... I'm not liking it.. I can see all the brush strokes and it looks thick and dull...
Back to Home Depot.
After some consultation with the paint lady at Home Depot.. I ended up back home with a package of Emery Paper and a can of red spray paint.
So another hour later and Taa-Daa
Here it is the finished project... I sanded out all the brush marks with the emery paper.. sprayed it with Red Apple Spray Paint, Gloss and applied a coat of Minwax Polycrylic.
Most Beautiful $5.99 little red chair ever.
Totally worth all the work.
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