It really surprised me that it didnt work for me, because Rustoleum products are some of the best out there. Barbara in TN. Thanks for the giveaway and love your blog! Their key tip: Lots more photos of Jon & Trixis1970s avocado dream kitchen here. Please do not use any materials without prior permission. I really wanted to refinish an antique vanity in white but it looks like that color isnt an option. I look forward to working with you! Most of that disappeared once I applied the second coat. Always try to complete each step for the entire project at the same time. Thanks for sharing great ideas and techniques!!! item 1 RUSTOLEUM FURNITURE TRANSFORMATIONS COATING SYSTEM OPEN BOX FREE SHIPPING, item 2 RUST-OLEUM FURNITURE TRANSFORMATIONS FURNITURE COATING SYSTEM, 35 SQ. Our great friends over at Rust-Oleum have made such a great new product! My name is Mara Greenwald and I am reaching out to you on behalf of Procter & Gamble. It has seen better days. You do not have to choose only from the colors that Rustoleum offers. Thats the size of a kitchen table and 4 chairs! Oi Camii :)Eu tenho o mesmo tom de pele que voc gostaria de saber qual as cores e nueraems de BASE E CORRETIVO que voc usa no VERO E NO INVERNOObg e continue fazendo esses videos maravilhosos e fazendo milagres com ns mulhereshaha :DBeiijos[]. I wanted to take her from an old, tired stain that had greened over time to a bright, vibrant piece for my kids playroom. I would paint a headboard and nightstands! I really want to try Laguna and [], [] started this transformation at the beginning of the summer when I transformed a 1960s stereo cabinet into a cobalt blue beauty. If you have questions about how to use this product, contact Rust-Oleum directly. Thanks to you I now know how I can fix the nightstand in our guest bedroom! Dark espresso ia the color the furniture will be once applied. Thanks for sharing. Im so excited!!!! It was the top coat. I was indoors in the air conditioning, so temperature and humidity shouldnt have been a factor. Surfing around looking at some other reviews, I see some reports that coverage using the solid white (as one example) may not be as good as when you use the darker colors. After that dries you move to step 2! I obviously hasnt accessorized it yet, as accessories in a playroom should be pretty sparse. I use Satin on everything, but its really just a matter of personal preference. . Just bought one of Rust-Oleum kits yesterday to do a old hutch for my kitchen. Your hutch is so beautiful. I am pretty darn sure this isnt what Rustoleum had in mind: But Jon and Trixi used the product to create a 1970s style kitchen with new brown base cabinets and avocado wall cabinets. I used Rustoleum Cabinet Transformations on my kitchen and intentionally skipped the glaze step but now my cabinets do not look dark enough and Id like to go back and do the glaze step. Enough to buy furniture you love? Some woods produce high levels of tannin oil which interact with the water-based bond coat. Yes, I would use it again if the color was right for my project. My finance and I will be moving into our first home soon and I hope to revamp many old pieces for our home. We love to show you whats been brewing! Again, though, I think you can tint colors to any color you want, although you will need to work with a helpful and experienced color-tinter. ~One kit covers up to 35 square feet! wake up call occurred when my two grown sons, on different occasions, commented I had too much stuff I will have to try it! Hi Thanks for the pictures and your explanations. Just shiny enough! I bet you can also buy it online. This kit helps you achieve professional-quality results on your own at a dramatically less price. They also have some different, kind of wilder colors like Apple Green (I like! NEW Furniture Transformations Kit Colors. You just saved me a bunch of time and money! if you like can send before and after photos. I knew there was no way I wanted to go through stripping and sanding with all the carvings on it. Does this Rustoleum product also work on laminate? There are essentially four steps: 1) Deglosser, 2) Color Coat, 3) Optional Decorative Glaze and 4) Polyurethene. Check it out: http://www.vintagerevivals.com/2010/11/awesome-fied-desk-and-mirrors.html, Thank you so much for this and your previous post about refinishing laminate furniture. Ive never had any problem with their products before, so it wont keep me from trying again. Love how you took the poly debacle in stride. Its a new zen-like thing Im trying. I would love to paint the vanity in our main bathroom! I think the tables are functional and would like to use this product to refinish them, but what to do with the tacky glass? Any suggestions? I have an old dresser that could SO use this product!!! This kit seems so handy! Thanks in part to feedback from you and others, weve refreshed our tint base offering and have added 11 new colors, including more blue and grey colors such as Night Fall, Shoreline, and Modern Gray, and also added some fun colorful options, like Sea Glass, Lemon and Blush. have a dining room table to redo! I want to use this on our breakfast table. Im sold. Hi Emily I dont see why it couldnt be. Im concerned about how a kitchen table would stand the beating on this finish? Youll love the ease of this kit and how these new colors can help to transform outdated home dcor. Tell Rustoleum theyre welcome to come over and shoot a commercial here if they want to. Read my full report here. That is just too beautiful! ~ You can paint almost any surface including laminate!! For the last 6 months I have been going back and forth ~ to paint or not to paint my 1990 oak bedroom set ~ I really want to remove the old brass hardware, fill in the carved oak leaves with wood filler, and paint the bedroom set a gorgeous espresso color with the Rustoleum Transformations kit and update the old hardware. ~ One-Stop Shopping! I think the transformation is beautiful, and the fact that I could do it all indoors and in just a few days was a huge win for me. I love the fact that you dont have to sand anything down. This color might be the perfect fix for my blue/green monochromatic office! My sweet friend Mandi of Vintage Revivals put together a great tutorial on glazing flat surfaces. Have you used this on an IKEA products? I am interested to buy a kit in Paprika color. I have two night stands and a head board I want to make over! We are going to be painting bedroom furniture for our twin girls (moving out of cribs). I have an old dark hutch I would use it on! Thanks for all of the awesome inspiration!! I have wanting to do my kitchen cabinets, I wonder if it would work on that?A lot of the work is in the sanding & prepping & to be able to skip that part is greatAnyway, your hutch came out beautiful!! Im wanting a professional look (not my usual spray paint job) without days of sanding and priming. She used the kit to paint her entire kitchen and then, her two bathrooms, too. Ive also heard from several readers who have used Rustoleum Cabinet Transformations and have been very happy with it. I plan to make it a changing table for our baby girl! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail. They said that would be fine. Im wondering though, what retailer sells the furniture kit? Great work. I plan on doing 2 counter tops with 1 kit, then who knows what will be next! Lindsay chronicles her projects, design ideas, and lifestyle tips here at Makely, where she shares tutorials and inspiration. Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in Paint Rollers, Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- You may also like, {"modules":["unloadOptimization","bandwidthDetection"],"unloadOptimization":{"browsers":{"Firefox":true,"Chrome":true}},"bandwidthDetection":{"url":"https://ir.ebaystatic.com/cr/v/c1/thirtysevens.jpg","maxViews":4,"imgSize":37,"expiry":300000,"timeout":250}}. I had the same problem again, even when having more poly on my brush. There are definitely visible brush marks and the coverage was uneven. I gave the hardware a good scrub with Krud Krutter I wanted to remove any grease and dirt on them, but I still wanted them to maintain their pretty brass tarnish. I got off in my sequencing of doors at one point, and it was real pain. thank you again. So, I decided to paint the vanity using the small Rustoleum Cabinet Transformations kit. After your bond coat dries you are ready for step 3! If you are interested centsational girl has several pieces that look great and rhoda at southern hospitality did a good review on it. and I just wanted to tell you that I am so excited to follow you! Learn how your comment data is processed. I was going to purchase all the products to paint my bedroom furniture this weekend! But these days, one of my favorite things to paint is rugs. The first step of the kit was to use the deglosser, so I squeezed a generous amount onto the provided scouring pad. What to do about deep scratches and nicks in the wood. This system does not require that you strip and sand your cabinets what a pain that is. I used a roller brush and paint brush to apply mine. I used this on a perfectly good, but dated, bathroom vanity. So pretty! This is the can that you will get tinted when you purchase the kit at Home Depot. So, if you want a smooth cabinet with no wood grain showing at all, you probably should consider another process. I found that the tinted paint went on very smoothly, it was a great texture to work with. I did not use the glaze. ), shown above. Thank You . This month, were excited to announce some great new colors in our Furniture Transformations line. Perfect timing! With the exception of some nitrile or latex gloves and a paint brush, the kit comes with everything you need. There are certain woods, like severely worn oak, that we do recommend priming first when using the light tint-base kits. This color is called Midnight. Given my obsession with glaze, you will be surprised to learn that I decided to only glaze the decorative details on the cabinet doors. Ive painted over laminate in the past, and sometimes it turns out well, other times I ended up throwing the pieces away. So, for under $50 and about 3 days, you can have a gorgeous piece of furniture. Also: You will likely need to be forgiving of the final color you get because, unless Rustoleum has exactly formulated the color, you wont really know how your test will turn out, as every paint base takes tint colors differently. This stuff looks awesome! I have an old fashioned closet that needs a little rustoleum makeover how fun !! My two source stories: DIY painter who was not happy with solid white and DIY painter who was happy with white with a glaze. I will update you in the coming months on how well it is holding up. I originally gave it a coat of blue, but a few scuffs later I turned it black. Thanks again! I say this, because as it turns out, I am pretty sure the side of moms vanity was laminate; it got kind of scratchy after I used the kit sponge on it. Do we just have to paint over it again, or will we just have to deal with it or buy new ones? Love your blog and would like to see more on updating, especially for those of us who are baby boomers and do not need more, just updating and getting rid of clutter, while still keeping memories. Some of my favorite things about this product before I show you the results. I spend my days painting, but its very rarely my nails. Now I know! The snazzy beaded chandy will go in here, too. Oh, good to know! Thank you Sara!! Just found your blog via Pinterest (it was your fabulous farmhouse table!) The photo of the paint looks grey, but your hutch looks whitewhat is the winter fog color really like? Thanks! It was based on her feedback along with feedback from other customers, I am sure, that Rustoleum added more glaze to the kits. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the hutch!! Looks fabulous, cant wait to try it. How great is that?? Definitely do an oil based poly, though. No need for stripping, sanding or priming!! Do you like your furniture now? It looks lovely. Only problem isnow Im thinking of EVERYTHING I could do with it Thanks! This would be PERFECT for it! How many coats of the Bond Coat did you have to use to fully cover the black? I have actually been to Home Depot about 4 different times and have had the kit in my cart and then I chicken out!!! Curious to see how well it works on laminate! The grain will show through. I was among the first group of journalists to test the Rust-Oleums new product Rustoleum Cabinet Transformations when it was first introduced in early 2011. Here is what they said: Thank you for your inquiry. The kit is $35, which is a steal when you consider the cost of sandpaper, primer and paint. Would love to win! I never want my furniture to look shiny, but thats my own personal aesthetic. Love all your projects! I wonder if it comes in a weatherproof outdoor kit! Hi there! It doesnt peel off of papered laminate, so I would think it might work! You can custom-tint the base paint color any color you wish. Purchased this item to use on my own furniture and never got around to using it. It is a bit more expensive, but you dont need much of it. Its got good bones but the color is horrible. I know its available there where I live. Absolutely. Because I didnt have to sand, I was able to do the entire transformation indoors, which is a huge plus when you live in Central Texas. She plays roller derby for the Rockin' City Rollergirls out of Round Rock, Texas. OhmyWOW is all I have to say. So, I quickly sanded it down with a 220-grit sandpaper and reapplied the poly. would you use satin or semi on a table top? Thanks!!! I have a bada$$ but super cheaply made laminate piece from the 30s that my inlaws gave me and I want to redo it. Rustoleum makes the Zinsser primer, so I bet its something similar to that thats in the kit. Thanks for your sweet message ;-)! Now, it has like bubbles. And I also had no problems with the topcoat. Rust-oleum also sells a countertop transformation. Thanks for the tip. This gets rid of any grime and fingerprints. No reviews yet from any readers. I have a console table that I really do not like the color or style much but kept because it was my daddys (he passed away already). [] a stylish home. Did you apply it with a roller? thanks! want to keep but change. I have a bedroom dresser that is the last piece in our bedroom to get updated and I have procrastinated because of all the sanding/stripping part.. this sounds like the perfect solution to get er done! It still was all right, but I could see the difference. Youll want to glue down any parts of your laminate thats peeling up, but I think you would be happy with the final results! My son is 7 and things dont survive him intact for long, lol! We found a vanity we liked at Lowes but it was the wrong color. From what I gathered, it should work fine. Folks, I am closing comments on this as they are getting redundant. Disclosure: Rust-Oleum has not paid me for this review. Would this work on kitchen cabinets doors and drawers???? I just bought a large wood and laminate desk that needs some serious love! I think I will try Rust-Oleum on a smaller piece sometime just to compare. Is the Rustoleum product the most fool proof method? The kit arrived at my doorstep pre-tinted from Rustoleum, but normally youd get it tinted at the paint counter at Home Depot or Lowes where you buy the kit. I have a hutch that totally needs a makeover! ~PRICE! Oh my gosh this is AMAZING! If we were wanting white furniture, I guess we dont select a color/tone or is the winter fog white? Considering time and the supplies to strip, sand, prime, paint and poly, I think the $35 kit is actually a great deal. If I were to open the left side of [], Your email address will not be published. love to see more ideas about this problem as I am not alone, but top of baby boomer generation. Sure! Portrait by Keith Talley Photography. http://www.vintagefangirl.com/how-to-aged-paper-decoupage-diy-table-refinishing-project, http://www.vintagerevivals.com/2010/11/awesome-fied-desk-and-mirrors.html, http://www.rustoleum.com/Rustoleum/pages/help-and-support, DIY: Hand Painting a Rug | BonBon Rose Girls, Let's Get Crafty! The Bond Coat must be tinted at the paint counter and will be the final color of your painted furniture project. Ill let you know how it turns out! Weve been hunting the streets of our historic neighborhood since then to find cool things we could transform. I used the Cabinet Transformations on my kitchen last summer, and I loved it! I too had thought about sanding and redoing it and now will. For those of you that have been here a LONG time, you may remember this chest of drawers I turned into a hutch! Would love to use this to redo a kitchen table and chairs that I have used for 25+ years! I am currently trying to redo an office. If you dont want to see the nicks in the wood, youll want to fill them with wood filler before painting. Amazing. Ive got a couple headboards that need to be painted. On this page, I gather together all the stories Ive done about this project since then with the goal of helping potential users can see it easily. Bottom line: Be sure to read all the instructions. I wiped it down with a wet cloth and let it dry, per the instructions. Painting my moms bathroom vanity transforming a Lowes cabinet from brown to black. Finally, if you have wood cabinets and you want to freshen the wood finish (rather than paint it), Rust-Oleum has introduced a kit product to do that, too. One of our very favorite brands has answered all of those questions in one small box! What do you think Lindsayshould I go for it?? So, I figured Id just have to work with it as it was. Thanks again!! (given the problem you had with the poly). Probably not or you wouldnt be considering redoing it. I used a foam brush to apply mine. The Deglosser is an easy step that ensures your surface is prepared for the Bond Coat. But, you know how I had to go for bold and vivid. Ive been researching on the best way to go about refinishing because it has some deep scratches and areas where the stain has been rubbed off. Looks like a great product. They have a cabinet transformation kit also we used it and LOVE the new look of our previously run down kitchen cabinets! It went on like a thin latex paint, which I loved because it eliminates seeing brush strokes. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. I followed the instructions provided, but I fell back into my own tried and true methods apply with a brush, wipe off with a dry cloth, wipe off with a wet cloth, wipe off with a dry cloth. Two months after the product was introduced, I was helping to renovate my moms bathroom. It doesnt so much matter about the hardness just the look you want. I even tried to roll it, and the poly bubbled very badly. Heres how I always look at it. For example: Use the tops on how to be able to turn over doors and get both sides painted in the same wave. Read Connies detailed story here and see many more of her before-and-after photographs.