Painting A Sofa With Fabric Paint

While the fabric is still damp apply the first coat of paint.

Painting a sofa with fabric paint. For a fabric sofa youll need special industrial fabric paint able to cover the sofa evenly and can handle the sofa fabric. Apply some paint onto one side of your sponge and work the paint into your couch. I sprayed my loveseat a section at a time and allowed it to sit for about five minutes before painting. Spray a hidden area of the couch upholstery such as the underside of a cushion to test the color and adherence of the paint.

I made sure to make all the seems and edges pretty dark. Upholstery fabric paint generally. Spritz the fabric with water. How to paint a sofa with good bones but bad fabric add iod transfers.

Dont use the usual spray paints sold in a hardware storethe end effect will be a crunchy flaky sofa that nobody will dare sit on. If you try to paint the diluted mixture on the fabric directly it will tend to run and this process is messy enough without your paint dripping off the fabric. Apply the first coat of paint. You will need two 8 oz bottles of fabric medium for every quart of paint used.

I think with enough fabric medium it will last for years. It just needs to be damp since that helps when you bush on the paint. Start by spraying a section of the sofa with water and allowing it to penetrate the fabric. How to paint a fabric chair upholstery painting tutorial and honest review of results.

Spray water on your fabric chair or sofa until the fabric is damp. Heres a link for my favorite sponges. The key to not have cracked or dried fabric is to not put too much paint on all at once and to prepare the fabric before painting by spritzing it with water. Your sofa looks lovely and will serve until you can buy what you truly want.

Diy deanna 121530 views. Shake the fabric paint can well. This will help the first coat of paint to soak into the fabric. To apply the mixture you first want to pre dampen the fabric with the spray bottle.

Work the paint in with a sanding sponge you can purchase one on amazon here this will help the paint go into the fabric evenly and avoid a patchy tie dyed look. Obtain the needed paints. You can use a spray bottle or a paint sprayer more about that in next step.