Painting Upholstered Furniture With Latex Paint

You can paint upholstery with fabric paint or acrylic paints or even latex paint.

Painting upholstered furniture with latex paint. Painting upholstered furniture is not new. If latex paint just dries on top of the upholstery it leaves a stiff feel but a fabric medium fixes this problem. Painting upholstered furniture isn t as simple as just slapping some paint on though.

However this is my first attempt at a full on paint job on a piece of upholstered furniture and i want to share what i learned and show you my five tips for painting upholstered furniture. The key to use latex paint for upholstery is to use a fabric medium. This will thin out the latex paint and allow it to bond with the fabric.

Gotta love the power of paint. If you have a piece of upholstered furniture where the fabric no longer coordinates with your color scheme or is faded or dated paint is a very affordable way to update it. Mix together one part paint and two parts textile medium in a jar.

Just wipe off any dirty areas with a damp cloth. Lots of videos are out about using chalk paint on upholstery but what about latex paint. It s also a great way to add spark to your home with less money.

The pros and cons of painting upholstery vs other methods to makeover old upholstered furniture. Painting a rug or a chair or old patio furniture is a great way to up cycle used furniture. Be sure to wet the fabric before painting with latex paint.

This means adding textile medium to the paint so that it sticks to the fabric. What happens if you use regular latex paint and primer on fabric. If you are using regular latex paint to paint your upholstery you will need to amend it.