How and how to paint a wooden bed: materials overview and detailed instructions

We tell how to choose the right paint for children's furniture and paint the crib yourself.

One of the main customization tips just a bought bed or to update the old - its painting. But when it comes to things about things for a child, parents are often wondering: how to paint a cot? After all, the coating should be safe and environmentally friendly, also preferably without a strong smell. The article will talk about paints and varnishes that meet all these items.

Everything about painting a crib

Requirements for staining materials

Overview of the compositions

Instructions for painting

Design ideas

Requirements for materials

There are several points that it is worth paying attention to the selection of paints.

• Safety. This means that there should be no compounds and substances that, during evaporation, can cause allergic reactions and irritations.
• The packaging should be an indication of the compliance of the material by international standards allowing its use for children's toys and furniture. In particular, this is a European certificate EN 71.
• The basis of safe paint for a baby bed should be water. And it is very important. Not a solid and not a solvent, because when drying, they still have impurities not too much useful substances. In addition, they have a sharp strong smell that holds for a long time.
• Strength and elasticity is another selection criterion. The tool must withstand not only numerous attempts to bite or lick the components, but also washing, and numerous rubbing rag.

What paint can be painted a crib

The aforementioned criteria correspond to several types of paints and varnishes. Consider in detail every kind.

Acrylic-polyurethane varnish

This is a dispersion composition designed to paint furniture and wood, MDF, chipboard, and even plastic. It is easily applied and dries quickly. It also has good elasticity and wear resistance.

You can pick up both tinted and colorless coating - in case you want to emphasize the wood structure. The same applies to the degree of brilliance: there are matte, semi-wave, semi-man and glossy materials.

Acrylic enamel

Not all acrylic enamels are designed to handle children's furniture and toys, so pay attention to certificates of conformity.

The compositions recommended for such work are characterized by increased elasticity, possess water-repellent properties, resistant to ultraviolet. They also have varying degrees of shine: from glossy to matte surfaces. And easily applied to the selected shade.

Acrylic lacquer

This is an option in case you do not want to tint wood, and we decided only to emphasize its natural color.

Be careful: water-dispersion acrylic varnish is also not always intended for processing children's furniture.

Certified compositions dry quickly, fall into a thin transparent film with a good glossy glitter.

Acrylic paint

Acrylic paint is made on the basis of the water-emulsion compositions. Among her advantages: environmental friendliness, lack of smell, good shelterness, which means small consumption, good elasticity and variety of colors.

Typically, manufacturers offer the basis of white. To get the desired shade, you need to add a color pigment to it. This can be done at home. Among the minuses of acrylic coatings: high cost of similar materials.

Latex paint

Another emulsion is based on latex polymers. It is stronger acrylic, and also more elastic and wear-resistant. Accordingly, higher and price.

Maslovos.

This is a novelty that European manufacturers offer. Maslovoshoma is created on the basis of natural linen and soybean oil, as well as plant waxes. The oil impresses wood, fills its pores, and the wax protects the surface, it has water-repellent properties.

What not to forget: primer

Before applying the final coating on the product, the surface is recommended to be projected. Water-dispersion primer based on acrylic is suitable for children's furniture. It will fill the pores of the material, improve the adhesion (adhesion) of the coating with the surface, and, importantly, will reduce the consumption of paint. If there are small defects on the tree, the primer lines them. The method of applying depends on the manufacturer: Some allows working with a roller or brush, others recommend spraying.

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Crib coloring process

The correct process, how to paint the baby cot with your own hands, depends on the new product you bought or decided to repaint already existing.

Painting a new product

It will take a sponge, roller and brush to work. A sponge and brush are needed to score small parts, roller - for large.

1. The highest quality painting - parts. Therefore, the first thing you need to do is disassemble the crib to the components.
2. Before painting, you need to clean up with sandpaper with small and medium grain. This will provide a reliable coating with a surface.
3. Remove dust, wipe all components with a damp cloth, let dry.
4. If the product is planned, then you must first apply primer.
5. If you plan to apply a varnish, the pre-treatment is carried out by a verse. It will protect the tree from moisture and rotting.
6. The primer usually raises the pork and fibers of wood, so, if you need, get enough surface again.
7. After that, you can apply paint in 2 layers. Pay attention to drying time, it is important not to rush, but also not to delay the following.
8. Wait for complete drying and assemble elements.

Update old

Most likely, you have a product already covered with varnish or paint. In this case, the order of action is:

1. Disassemble the design to the components of the elements.
2. Remove the old coating. To do this, you can use a spatula, construction hairdryer or chemical washes. But the means to remove the varnish toxic, work with them is very neat. If it is possible, it is better to do without a simple mechanical way.
3. If there are large chips and cracks, they must be rebounded. It is suitable for a polymer putty on a tree. She has no smell, it is environmentally friendly and dries quickly.
4. After drying the shtclotch, the product is ready to paint. The technology is the same: first you need to apply a layer of primer, and then in two or three layers of paint.

The crib can be used for about the third day. But note that anyway will smell a little bit, so it is desirable to calculate the work on the basis of a longer dying period. Fully harden paint for seven-ten days.

Design ideas

The most obvious decoration option is to choose a white color. He perfectly fit into the interior in any color scheme. This is important for those who have not yet decided what color will be children. In addition, the chips and traces of bites are not so noticeable on white, if the child will try the railing and rod "to the tooth."

Another popular option is to leave the natural texture of the tree. Especially relevant such products for fans of the Scandinavian and modern style. The advantages of them are the same as in white models: chips are invisible, especially, on a light tree. Products made of dark wood or dark verses are not suitable for each children, but in the photo they look very impressive.

The win-win option when you have already painted the walls or stuck wallpapers in the baby's room, it is picking up a coating to them or in a close color scheme. For example, if the room is decorated in blue, then the bed can be dark blue, in a lemon - bright yellow, and in beige interiors it is suitable for brown, green, red - any shade on your taste. Bright colors attract the attention of kids. And, if it seems to you that this solution is too bold, in a hurry to dissuade: the furniture of saturated tones will probably be interested in a child.

The combination of different shades is also not an option for everyone. However, such cribs look very interesting. Regarding more comfortable design: white with natural texture of a tree, but not limited to such a combination. If there are bright colors in the room, you can try more resolute combinations: white with pink, green, blue. Or pick up contrast couples: blue and lemon, blue and pink and so on. Usually in one color choke the basis, and in the other - the rod.

If you are ready to experiment on the technique, try to make the Effect of Ombre: a color stretching. The choice of color here also depends only on your desire. But for such painting, you will need a sprayer, a tassel, or even a sponge to use, do not advise, the result may not be very neat. It is important that the tone on the adjacent rods is distributed evenly.