Painting Rattan Furniture: A Complete Beginner’s Guide

Many people have a question: can you paint rattan furniture? The answer is yes! When you don’t know what to do for painting rattan furniture, you can refer to this guide, we will introduce you to its steps and tips in detail.

Why do you need to paint rattan furniture?

The color of rattan furniture may fade after a long time of use or you may wish to decorate your living space by changing the color. This is the time when we can repaint our old rattan furniture to give it a new look. This will not only bring back the color of the furniture but also save us a huge amount of money.

What paints are suitable for rattan furniture？

When we need to color our rattan furniture, the first thing we need to consider is which paint we use, underneath these paints are great for rattan furniture color changes:

Acrylic Paint

This paint adheres well to the surface of the rattan and the pigment does not yellow and dries quickly, making it one of the best choices for coloring rattan furniture, and it is available in a particularly wide range of colors.

Spray Paint

Spray paint is the most used and common in furniture factories, it covers every nook and cranny of the crevices and is extremely efficient in giving a uniform look to the overall appearance.

Chalk Paint

Chalk paint is known for its matte finish, so if you’re looking for a matte color, it will be a great choice for you.

Oil-Based Paint

Oil-based paints, which can be referred to as grease paints, are mainly a class of paints that use dry oil as the main film-forming substance, which provides a protective film to the product and can protect it from rain.

Latex Paint

Latex paint is a kind of organic paint, mainly characterized by fast film formation, fast drying, green, and easy to clean, mainly used for indoor rattan furniture paint.

Painting Rattan Furniture Steps 

Prepare Tools

Sandpaper: 

Used for sanding rattan to make its surface smooth.

Primer: 

Better color adsorption for rattan furniture.

Paints: 

Choose the color paint you want!

Paint brushes and jars: 

For storing paints and using them.

Plastic sheet: 

A large plastic sheet that covers the area of the rattan furniture.

Top coat: 

Protects the paint.

Masks and goggles:

Pungent odors protect you during the process of painting rattan furniture!

Choose the Right Place

For rattan furniture painting you need to find a place with ventilation all around, try not to implement it inside the house, because dust and pungent smells can occur at any time during the operation.

Cleaning Rattan Furniture

Before we operate, the first thing to do is to clean the rattan furniture, clean the rattan surface with dust and stains with water, and then dry it.

Sand the Surface

When you operate this step play, you first need to lay the previously prepared plastic sheet under the rattan furniture, and then take the sandpaper to the rattan surface sanding treatment, make its surface smooth, can make the rattan better adsorption of color. This step will produce a lot of dust, in the process you must bring a pre-prepared mask and goggles.

Primer

Before applying the color, you need to apply a primer to the surface of the rattan furniture to be able to repair any defects and make the surface more even, as well as to increase the adsorption of the color.

Painting

Choose a kind of paint you like, and then put the paint into the paint bucket to color with a brush or use spray paint. In this step, it should be noted that each place should be painted at least twice, and when the first one is dry, then the second one will be painted, the purpose of doing this is to make the color more even and full.

Sealing Paint

Once the paint is completely dry, you will need to apply another coat of top coat, which will give the paint a layer of protection so that it doesn’t peel off as easily.

Air Drying

After all these steps are completed, you just need to dry the furniture for the last time and your own DIY color change rattan furniture will be perfect.

Some notice when painting rattan furniture

You need to pay special attention to two points in the above steps, which can totally determine whether the final painting of rattan furniture is successful or not:

Cleaning:

In cleaning rattan furniture must be cleaned up, if some stains are not cleaned up, the color is especially easy to peel off in later use.

Check Painting:

Whenever you finish a coat of paint and move on to the next step make sure that the previous coat is dry, so how do we check it? All you need to do is touch your fingernail to the surface of the paint, if it is sticky and soft, then the paint is still wet. Here is a tip, if you want to accelerate the paint drying time, you can use a warm light to dry the paint.

Which rattan furniture can be painted?

Almost all rattan furniture can be painted, such as sofas, chairs, coffee tables, dining chairs, and so on, because rattan itself is a natural plant that has a lot of pores on its surface, which are particularly good at absorbing color. There is also rattan made of plastic, which is usually what we call outdoor furniture, and can also be recolored using the above steps to paint.

Conclusion:

The above guide describes the steps and precautions of painting rattan furniture in detail, now you can completely DIY the color by yourself to make your living space full of more creativity and fun. Honeywell Rattan is a manufacturer specializing in the generation of rattan, whether natural or plastic, any questions or needs at any time you can contact our team to help you.