Aqua It Is!

      So its been close to a month since I was looking for a paint color for the breakfast nook table, and finally I have gotten to it! Aqua was my favorite.  I had looked at the room color, and the color theme trough out my house, and nothing seemed as right as a happy bright blue! I had laid out all the paint chips again, and noticed I like all the bright blues. Then it hit me. I had a syrup jar I had spray painted in ‘Rustoleum Aqua.’ I love that little jar. So I got it down and sat it on the table. A few seconds of thinking it over and well, I decided I was going to spray paint the table the same happy color!

As you can guess, time to tell you how I painted the table.

The legs are solid wood, but the top was not. It had a veneer. Yes, you can paint it still. Just don’t sand it down to far. Remember you are just trying to give the primer something to hold onto. I used a 220 sandpaper and hand sanded until the entire table was dull. After that I washed the table down with dawn and hot water, getting any dirt and grease off then let it dry over night.

Then I gave it 2 thin coats of  Zinsser 123 Primer. Let it dry and set up over night.

After I felt the primer was good and on there, the husband and I picked this heavy table up and moved it through a maze of way too small doorways and placed it outside. I put my hamburger boxes back under the legs, to prevent serious over spray around the base. I wish I had laid out an old sheet instead, since there is overspray on the concrete now.  Duuur huuurrr huurrrr duuuurrrr.. I started spraying thin and somewhat even coats over the table, 3 in total, with a few hours to dry in between. Left the table alone for 24 hours after to allow the paint to off gas, and cure up a bit before trying to bring it back in.

Love the legs.

Once I got it inside the house, I noticed the top was blotchy looking. I read that this is caused by spraying with humidity too high, and the paint absorbing moisture from the air. But living in the deep south, I would have to wait a good 6 months for the humidity to go away. I gave it a week to sit, untouched, while I looked for a way to fix this. Also letting the paint cure, without being dinged up by the family.

From what I read I could make the top look all purdy by lightly sanding, and using a polyurethane to clear coat. So I picked up a water based poly sold by Minwax. Why water based? Because it is much easier to work with. First I sanded with a super fine sanding sponge, wipe clean, and brushed on the first coat. Bubbles, bubbles everywhere. Hummm, I let it dry and sanded again, but this time, I used a rag to wipe it on.  It looked good! I did 3 very thin coats.

 What I used ^

All Dressed Up, No Place To Go.

Paint the chairs or leave them be?

I just love the legs!

So, What do you think?

I don’t know, some thing is saying I need to paint the chairs white…….