What kind of black paint to use when wanting to paint pine furniture?

Im wanting to paint a pine cabinet black. Not just a dull black, but the new semi-gloss black that the new, but looks old furniture. Ive seen this furniture in alot of different stores, like hobby lobby, craft stores, and furniture stores. Most of the furniture has sanded areas down the sides of the legs and around the corners of a table. Not sure to use just a plain black paint from lowes or do i need a high quality semi-gloss paint from a paint store.What kind of black paint to use when wanting to paint pine furniture?
The ';Shabby Chic'; look you're talking about usually requires coats of different color paints before your final topcoat, of black in this case. That way, when you sand at the edges, you get the layers showing through. Although you can do it without the added colors if you want





You can use water-based or oil based paint for this type of painting - water-based is easier to deal with and clean up, but will definitely require a primer.





Good luck-


...What kind of black paint to use when wanting to paint pine furniture?
If you want the old look I would be careful using the semi gloss. It will ';shred'; when you try to sand through it or make it look distressed. If you must go with paint I would use a satin black and then a satin poly over that.





If possible, I would sand down your cabinet and use a black stain so you can see the woodgrain. Sand slightly and stain again. I think it gives the prettiest effect. Then use a coat of matte polyurethane. You don't want to go overboard on the sanding b/c pine is a very light wood and you could damage it.
I used a glossy black paint on my desk and it looked great. I then went over it with polyurethane to protect if from nicks. I traced the top with butcher paper and had a glass store cut a piece of tempered glass to protect the high use top. Then took off the handles and spray painted them brass. I think the glossy made it look higher quality but that's a matter of your preference really. I bought the paint at Lowes and it was fine and lasted.
Don't know what look your talking about but I would put an oil based paint or oil solid color stain and the put a ';SPAR'; urethane on top of that for durability, with these you wouldn't have to prime just make sure your furniture is completely dry, Good luck Les the painter
Okay the correct way to do this project!! You would need to prime the surface using the 1-2-3 Primer/Bin/Zinsser (they have this at Lowe's and other home improvement stores). You are going to want them to add some black into the primer for you. If it is a...





Gallon: Have them add 3y(amount) of 101(black colorant)


Quart: Have them add 1Y(amount) of 101(black colorant)





This is going to tint the primer to a gray color so it will get you closer to your black color so you apply less coats. Plus it will seal the wood and let the paint adhere better. Apply the primer with a small foam roller and foam brush so you get a nice clean sleek look. Let it dry for an hour. Then paint over it with the American Tradition/Valspar/American Accents black furniture paint. They have the exact paint you need and it will even show a picture on the can of what you are trying to do. I wouldn't do a high gloss because you won't get the look you are going for. Instead I would stick with a satin or semigloss. Apply this also with a foam roller and foam brush. You may need to apply 2 coats/And just so you know you can not put polyurethane or lacquer or anything else on top of this finish! It will yellow and most likely ruin your project. Good Luck!
Most furniture of this type uses lacquer rather than traditional type paints. A coat is applied and then sanded in the areas you mentioned to give that distressed look. Lacquer, in general needs to be sprayed as it is difficult to brush due to drying characteristics. If you want to use traditional paint then I would suggest using a low lustre oil base. Stains could work, but will penetrate the wood fibers, making sanding back down to bare wood more difficult, latex paint doesn't sand very well in this situation as it has a tendency to ';roll'; and will be suspect to peeling on the edges. Also latex is suspect to stick to items you put in the cabinet. Make sure the oil paint is fully cured in order to sand properly for this technique. It may be better to thin the paint a little and build a couple of thin coats. You can put a polyurethane over the top of this to protect the finish. Last, always use a high quality paint, it pays in the end. After the work you go through, the last thing you want is to have to re-do something because you saved a couple of bucks using cheaper material.