I love the way you’re casually holding your coffee, i felt like i was just having a nice morning conversation about your experiment results

@LindiandRuss

7 күн бұрын

Oh thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video! ☺️

Thank you for all the time you invested in this. This is highly appreciated for anyone looking to do this ❤❤❤

@LindiandRuss

3 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!

This was such a helpful video . I know nothing about refinishing furniture and now I feel like I have some good basics to start with. Loved your style of comparing and explaining . Very thorough and clear , A+!!!! 👏🏽

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching 😊

THANK YOU for this! I work for IKEA and customers ask about this ALL THE TIME. I'll definitely point them to your video!

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Thats awesome to hear! Thanks :)

What a helpful video! I plan to paint some Ikea pieces this summer and will definitely follow your tips!

@LindiandRuss

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you found it helpful! 🖤

You guys are AMAZING! Incredible hack and thank you so much for this experiment!

@LindiandRuss

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I genuinely enjoyed trying it all out!

This is the gold star video on KZread! So helpful! A good chalk paint also works beautifully for Ikea furniture. If you know in advance you're going to paint a new piece of Ikea furniture - sand, prime & paint first.

@LindiandRuss

2 жыл бұрын

So glad you liked it!! Honestly we don’t really use chalk paint, but if I do another video I should add to the experiment!

@lovelys0s01417

Жыл бұрын

Should I prime if my furniture is white and I want to paint it dark?

You are an Angel for making this video. So helpful!

@LindiandRuss

10 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

That was really interesting. Thanks for doing all the work of testing these various options.

@LindiandRuss

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! It was fun doing the comparison actually!

Thank you for posting your experiment process! That was so helpful!

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

I really appreciate how thorough you were! I’m a new subscriber!

@LindiandRuss

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

This experiment came at the perfect time in my feed! I was wondering about the same thing! Thanks for experimenting and sharing your experience! I’m using this info to paint my ikea Kallax.

@LindiandRuss

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Love that!! I had to do the experiment to convince my hubby it would work 🤣🤣 I’m glad we shared it!

This video is gold!!! Thank you for the time you save me 😊

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

This is so informative, thank you! Your technical knowledge and creativity is amazing :)

@LindiandRuss

5 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Awesome video....very helpful and informative.

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

Thank you for this very informative video!

@LindiandRuss

4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great info. Looks great!

@LindiandRuss

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

Thanks dear, for such a detailed video!! Best wishes!!

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊

I followed your video and got the same primer and BJ paint today. Sanding and priming is done so fingers crossed. This video was so helpful. Thank you! 😊

@LindiandRuss

4 ай бұрын

Good luck! We were so happy with how it turned out!

Love it done scientifically great thank you

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

this was so helpful! thank you

@LindiandRuss

2 жыл бұрын

Anytime! Glad it was helpful!! 🖤

i am thinking of painting an IKEA furniture and your video has been very useful. thx

@LindiandRuss

10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I've watched many, many videos on how to paint Ikea furniture and this one is the best one I've seen by far. The "experiment" was incredibly helpful as was the recommendation to use cabinet paint. Watching this video has given me the confidence to finally paint my dresses and night tables. Wish me luck and thank you!

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Good luck!

Thank you for making this video! I’ve watched so many videos on IKEA hacks and appreciate how you broke it down to the main questions everyone asks. What grit do you recommend sanding your furniture at? I have a medium brown hemnes 6-drawer dresser.

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Anytime!! We would use 150 grit :)

Super helpful

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear!

Those look amazing! How did you do the tops?

Hypotenuse, love it.

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

By sanding you are creating a nice smooth finish while at the same time adding adhesion by developing small, rough ridges for the paint to stick to.

@LindiandRuss

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I’ve seen so many people that suggest/teach that you don’t have to sand at all, which is one reason I really wanted to experiment with everything! To show how important it is!

@Omgkylabyrnes

Жыл бұрын

Do you sand before primer or after?

@brendamosson5844

11 ай бұрын

😊😊😊

Looks beautiful ❤️😊

@LindiandRuss

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I was really happy with how it turned out!

Thanks a bunch! Definitely subscribing. I plan to repaint our ikea alex drawer from white to black and this was what I needed. Just to confirm, sand> prime> sand a little again> then paint? Thank you!

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Yep that is what we found works the best! Thanks for watching:) Just use a fine grit for the after primer sand (like a 200 plus grit)

good gift

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

What sending grit did you use for this project? So sorry if I missed you mentioning it on the video!

I got sent here by @diydanie . I've never tried to paint laminate before I usually use the shellac bin because I'm painting wood and I have tannin bleed through. Usually sanding between coats has to do more with getting a smooth even finish then with bonding itself. Sanding between primer and paint would only make a difference if the primer went on kind of lumpy or rough. I would love to know by what you meant by like latex paint and cabinet paint? any of these chalk paints or mineral paints? What brand? What sprayer did you wreck? I'm going to have to check out that extreme Bond stuff cuz I've been doing a fair amount of furniture work. I don't foresee myself doing a lot of laminate but I do currently have an Ikea desk but I kind of beat up and I'm switching up my desk and give it to my kids so it's going to be in the living room and I either need to paint the top or contact paper it. Do you know if that primer happens to block tannins? Thanks for the video

Wow! Thanks for doing this for us❤ but hypotenuse has me cracking up. We all occasionally do that because how often do we get to need to arrive to a hypothesis or otherwise 🤷🏽‍♀️🥸😬 love it.

@LindiandRuss

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! lol 😀

Great video, links would be helpful!

Great video! Thanks for the upload. I request you to upload videos where you give paint numbers matching existing Ikea furniture MALM like Brown/Black, Grey, White etc. so we can paint the exact way.

@LindiandRuss

4 ай бұрын

I don't have that info, but thanks so much for watching! Good luck on your IKEA paint project :)

Appreciate your efforts in doing experiments 🤗🤗🤗 great video

@LindiandRuss

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks for the information. It would be helpful to elevate the board as all samples were difficult to see with the board lying down.

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Great idea!

Nice! I’m trying to repurpose a black IKEA small bookshelf that was in my son’s room. I’m not into tossing stuff, so I need to save it, and the black is just too overpowering in the room I want to use it in

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Yaaaas 🙌 Glad you found our video!

This was super helpful and informative. Except what level if sanding did you do? what grit? 200?

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

I believe we used 150 grit, but 200 would work also. Just trying to get a bit of profile on the surface for the paint to stick too.

Love this video - Super helpful! Can I ask what grit sandpaper you use? Sorry if you have already mentioned this and I missed it. Thank you

@LindiandRuss

3 ай бұрын

usually work up from 100-150-220 for best finish - thanks for watching 🥰

How did you do the top that would color?

This was amazing! What size wood or what did you use for the front of the drawers??

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

It was 1/2” MDF for the backing and 1/4” pieces of MDF on top (that we cut into 1” slats)

Hi Lindi and Russ! I heard you say in the video that you use Benjamin Moore Onyx, but is it their INSL-X cabinet coat line or their regal select line? Thanks in advance!

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

I believe it was their regal select line. Thanks for watching!

Hey just loved your video i have hauga ikea dresser and i dont know what paint to use on it? Sanding, priming and paint right? Anything to seal the paint or not?

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

depending on your paint choice you can use a wax or furniture oil.

What about a spray paint for "indoors and outdoors" for small IKEA 2 door little cupboard?

@LindiandRuss

2 жыл бұрын

You definitely can use any paint method, this is just showing the method that I think will last the longest and give the best finish! If I was using a lower quality spray paint, I would probably sand in between each layer and still definitely use primer!

Very helpful video. Can I ask when you refer to sanding between 1st and second coat.. is that sanding between primer and first coat of paint or between 1st and 2nd coats of paint? Do you need to sand between primer and 1st coat of paint? Thank you.

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

a light sand (like 200 grit plus) between any coat will help for a great finish. But if you wanted to minimize the sanding I would just do a light sand between the primer and first coat of paint.

@RileyNickers

Жыл бұрын

@LindiandRuss thank you so much. Very kind of you to reply.

Hello Thank you for making this video, you inspired me. I wanted to use latex instead of cabinet paint, you said that has been tested but you didn’t talk about it Isn’t good?

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

The latex just didn't hold up as good. The cabinet paint had better scuff and scratch resistance. The cabinet paint is better for high traffic/touch point areas.

Love this video, answers pretty much all the questions i needed answering going forward doing my own project, So thank you for that :) one question tho, The Bullseye 123 primer, does work work using a sprayer?

@LindiandRuss

3 ай бұрын

It does! We’ve used it before. But it is thicker, so we usually thin it out a bit or it could clog the sprayer.

@paulpenfold9634

3 ай бұрын

@@LindiandRuss Thanks for the quick reply :) so do you water it down or use something else to thin it?

@LindiandRuss

3 ай бұрын

@@paulpenfold9634 we usually use water, but you can also use something called Floetrol to thin latex paint.

@paulpenfold9634

3 ай бұрын

@@LindiandRuss awesome, thanks again :)

Thanks! Hypotenuse 😂

What about oil primer? That holds really good use for exterior too

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

We didn't test oil based paint as it is getting harder to find (I don't think you can buy in Canada anymore except for some specialty paints). So just went with the common ones found in the stores.

How about ikea rast furniture? Should I still need primer? Or all in one paint should be enough.. this is really helpful video!

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

100% would use primer on unfinished wood to prevent bleed through.

They look dope. But how did the tops suddenly go from black to a wood grain finish?

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

we added custom oak tops to the dressers :)

So, did you remove the Ikea top and make a custom extended top to cover the little side piece that you added? You replaced the top after the painting was done? What did you use for the top? I wish you had shown the entire process of how you added the top and exactly how you built the beautiful drawer fronts. (I'm not smart enough to figure all that out without specific instructions.) Great job though. I love it!

@LindiandRuss

6 ай бұрын

We had extra oak from another project so we laminated it together and made custom counter tops for these built-ins. But you could also get a pre-made wood counter top from a hardware store, cut it to size and do the same thing :) This video just goes over the painting - the actual build happens in this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/dI6fsLR6eLK4Xaw.htmlsi=Sa2JfS28hv0NKP1Z or search "Reading Nook & Upstairs Loft Reveal" on our channel :). Thanks so much for watching! Let us know if you have any other questions ☺️

Hey , amazong work !! did you end up changin the top of the drawers with this nice brown oak wook top ?

@LindiandRuss

4 ай бұрын

Yep - we added a custom oak top with some scrap wood we had left over from another project.

@drmanakias

4 ай бұрын

@@LindiandRuss I saw it on the other video 😄 I'm so jealous of the end result and more jealous of your specious garage and all the equipment inside 🥲

I would be so grateful if you add what products you used. It is my first time and I'm scare of messing my dresser.

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

We talk about them all in the video but can look into updating the description as well :)

I'm jealous, I used SW Extreme Bond and had horrible results. It scratched off so easily with my fingernail even though I sanded prior. The only difference is my SW Extreme primer was tinted. So maybe that was the difference maker.

@LindiandRuss

4 ай бұрын

We’ve used the tinted primer lots! Is it possible you didn’t give it enough time to set? We’ve used it on so many projects and have had literally zero issues - tinted and not-tinted!

Did I miss how you made the top look like wood? I „wood“ love to know.🤓

@LindiandRuss

Ай бұрын

LOL - nice I see what you did there 😊 search "Reading Nook & Upstairs Loft Reveal | with IKEA Hack Built-In Cabinets" on our channel and you can see the build of the top :)

The Valspar hybrid oil and latex paint leaves no paint strokes either and won’t stick. The rusteom cabinet paint was sticky.

@LindiandRuss

10 ай бұрын

good to know!

I have heard about the Bin Shellac primer but you are the first with the extreme bond primer. Which would you recommend for apartment settings?

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Extreme bond is alot easier to use and clean up. Shellac really shines for preventing bleed through on bare wood. As long as your apartment is ok with painting - I would go with extreme bond. If you are just painting walls, a primer like bulleye 1-2-3 is fine too.

@LetsExplore307

Жыл бұрын

@@LindiandRuss okay thank you for your feedback. Really appreciate it

Did you make a new top for the dresser? The video doesn't show how you created the brown wood top, which looks amazing btw

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

We had some Oak left over from another project. It was 1 1/2" thick pieces of Oak that we glued together to make the top.

@lyndan438

Жыл бұрын

@@LindiandRuss Thank you Lindi! Found your channel yesterday and binged, love what you do ❤ I was always in the workshop with my dad, getting back into it now. And welcome to beautiful BC 😊

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

@@lyndan438 Thanks!

I didn't see how you did the top of the piece, is that un another video?

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

If you watch the loft makeover video, we show the process there I think!

How did you paint the top to get that wooden look? It was white and then black in the video.

@LindiandRuss

11 ай бұрын

it has a custom oak top that we built for it.

Can I ask what the difference between cabinet and latex paint is? Is cabinet oil based? I'm asking since I live in Europe and we don't class paint as "cabinet" or furniture, but on what the base is.

@LindiandRuss

2 жыл бұрын

I definitely should’ve said in the video! Sorry! It’s just a higher quality latex paint! Most of our paint retailers here have a “cabinet” line too that I would recommend opting for.

@satchiebabe6052

Жыл бұрын

Hi I am in the Uk and you do have cabinet paints I think it’s the same as cupboard paint. Not saying you are from the UK 😊

Claps ❤

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 😊

Is the extreme bond a sherwin Williams product?

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is :)

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is!

What about the white brimnes line? What is the match?

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

The info from the video should work on any similar IKEA furniture finish :)

Hello! What color did you use to paint? Is it just white?

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Onyx from Benjamin Moore :)

I saw how you added the faux mdf piece to extend the length but how did you extend the top? I was going to up cycle my bedroom drawers but now think I might try fake fitting them too!

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

We added a custom oak top to the piece :)

I have a dumb question: do i sand it twice then primer then paint? Lol

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

One initial sand should be ok :)

@KathDee

Жыл бұрын

@@LindiandRuss thanks

Upon unboxing, I was immediately upset at how the rails were very noticeably bent. But I kept going, all tools needed to assemble were included kzread.infoUgkxqtX4Dxs6aecAZEuz6GY5-d81YecKCshn and I had it set up in about 30 minutes. Honestly I love this thing, make sure to read the measurements and measure your space so you know if it'll work for you. I bought this to put inside my closet, underneath where I hang my clothes and it is absolutely perfect! It is VERY sturdy and all drawers glide easily and mine are stuffed, and they are still flush when closed.

@LindiandRuss

11 ай бұрын

Agreed!

How'd you make the top look like wood?

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

added a new wood top :)

How did you do the top part ?

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

we made a custom oak top out of 1 1/2" thick oak we had left over from another project.

Great video, and very helpful. I have to say though, if I had the facilities and equipment you have I would just build my own rather than pay Ikea for something I'm just going to change beyond recognition.

@LindiandRuss

9 ай бұрын

Fair enough, in this scenario it was cheaper (once you add all materials, soft close slides, etc) to repurpose the IKEA piece. Thanks for watching!

@EC-lq3qw

9 ай бұрын

@LindiandRuss I get that, still jealous of your workspace though 😊 💓 from Scotland!

@LindiandRuss

9 ай бұрын

@@EC-lq3qw building our own cabinetry is definitely on our wish list to try!

@EC-lq3qw

9 ай бұрын

@LindiandRuss Look forward to seeing the results !

Did you use a top coat?

@LindiandRuss

2 жыл бұрын

Nope! Not on top of the cabinet paint :)

Can I do the same with a malm bed? Its soo boring

@LindiandRuss

4 ай бұрын

Probably - can easily add to the IKEA furniture.

How did you do the top?

@LindiandRuss

3 ай бұрын

made a wood top out of scrap wood by laminating it all together 😀

It looks amazing however the paintbrush was a tad misleading

@LindiandRuss

7 ай бұрын

I used a paint brush to do all of my samples. And you can definitely use a paint brush for all of your painting too!

@FlashySolution

7 ай бұрын

@@LindiandRuss apologies if I sounded rude. Your work is wonderful

So you sand AFTER you prime ??? Not clear.

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

a light sand after priming can help the bond and level out and high points :)

What about chalk paint?

@LindiandRuss

6 ай бұрын

I personally don’t like chalk paint in general, so I would advise against using it. I don’t think it’s nearly as durable as other paint types.

Why not just buy the black drawers?

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Black doors didn't have the look (pattern/lines) we wanted and wouldn't have fit (we had to make new wider drawers anyways). Thanks for watching!

@OFCOURSE20

Жыл бұрын

@@LindiandRuss I see!! Just thought the drawers were same width.

Would've been better to blind test this instead of labeling and then scratching. That could introduce biases

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

True! I’ll do that if I ever re-do it! Although I just want my painted cabinet to look the best and last longest, so I really was looking for the best solution. I’m definitely not a scientist, lol.

Helpful video but the music was a bit much for sensory overload :)

@LindiandRuss

4 ай бұрын

Noted!

They look very expensive

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

Right ?!? We are so happy with how they turned out!

No top coat??? Thats literally the most important step to protecting the paint job

@LindiandRuss

Жыл бұрын

No issues after a couple years of use in a house of 3 small kids and pets. We are really happy with how it is performing. I think adding a additional top coat really depends on the quality of the paint you use :)