We're considering painting a wood buffet, as well as some wood trim. We'd like to be able to undo it at a later time. Is there a plasti-dip type option before we ruin the wood?
We're considering painting a wood buffet, as well as some wood trim. We'd like to be able to undo it at a later time. Is there a plasti-dip type option before we ruin the wood?
You can always strip wood. It's a pain. but you can do it.
Might we ask why you'd want to?
Stripping wood is possible... As long as it isn't oak. Ring porous woods like oak have big open tubes and paint can get in there. Then it's a bear to get it all out. You may end up with little specs of paint down in the cavities. It's not impossible to clean out, but not fun. You could always put down a clear base coat of something to fill the pores, however, then sand and paint over that. Just beware different things dry at shrink at different rates, the base coat can shrink more then the top coat over time and crack it. Looks neat, in my opinion
I've re-finished furniture before, but I've never done a piece with the intention of re-doing it.
I just don't like the idea of painting the wood. Not a huge fan of the wood though.
Guess I answered my question with that last sentence--no use in preserving somethings ugliness.
If you clear coat it and make it very smooth, you could vinyl wrap it.
Heck, if it's not a sentimental or valuable piece and painting it will improve the look/make it work with your decor, I'd paint the sucker!
1988RedT2 wrote: Heck, if it's not a sentimental or valuable piece and painting it will improve the look/make it work with your decor, I'd paint the sucker!
Not the furniture that I'm worried about so much--it is a nice piece from my grandparents house, but it will end up donated if I don't take it and if I take it I'll paint it. It isn't anything too special other than being high quality. Dark oak, so the painting on this one would probably have to be permanent.
The trim though is what I'm most concerned with. It is wood trim from either the 20's or the 50's. It is in good condition, but it does not really make it easy to figure out a room color.
Varnished furniture or trim that gets painted is reasonably easy to strip later on, as the varnish prevents the paint from soaking in. If you paint raw wood, the paint gets into the pores and it's really hard to remove it all later.
That said, it's a moral sin to paint over natural finish furniture. 
stuart in mn wrote: Varnished furniture or trim that gets painted is reasonably easy to strip later on, as the varnish prevents the paint from soaking in. If you paint raw wood, the paint gets into the pores and it's really hard to remove it all later. That said, it's a moral sin to paint over natural finish furniture.
Ehh... Not this furniture. It isn't worth much and isn't appeasing to mine or my wife's eye. It is a dark stain anyways, not a natural finish.
The wood trim though, I do agree with you.
mtn wrote: The trim though is what I'm most concerned with. It is wood trim from either the 20's or the 50's. It is in good condition, but it does not really make it easy to figure out a room color.
Ran into the same thing when we bought our house. Painting the trim would've made the whole house look newer, and would've given us more color options.
We ended up deciding that the stained wood didn't bother us enough to justify the crazy amount of work that it would've required to strip and paint it all. After living there for half a year, we've really grown to like the stained look, and we're not kicking ourselves for covering up really pretty stain-grade wood.
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