What Does Laminate Furniture Look Like

Pretty soon you will want to paint all kinds of things to look like wood.

What does laminate furniture look like.

Since laminate isn t real wood and won t absorb anything it s just what you need. I like being able to have a bit of washed look in areas. Essentially you are painting a coat of stain over the top to make it look like darker wood and not completely cover the grain like paint does. A piece of laminate furniture that has already been painted is ready to go when it comes to giving it a distressed appearance as you won t need to prime it or give it a base coat.

Sure i could buy a colour of the primer to be close to my acrylic but i want to do more furniture for a hobby and maybe sell them with different colours and don t want to have to get a primer as close to that colour each time. Let s get started time to gather your materials. Veneer furniture uses a thin layer of real wood unlike laminate which is just made to look like wood. Solid wood edges are slightly rounded so you want to simulate this look by running your sander along the edges like so.

To paint anything look like real wood. One difference between laminate furniture and solid wood is the edges of laminate furniture are much sharper and straighter almost plastic looking. Let s start with the products.