From scraping to sanding to priming to painting, it’s delightful once you figure out how to avoid the pitfalls. Painting an old chair: harder than it looks. Credit... Supported by By Tim Heffernan ...

Paint Type Most furniture paints are water-based latex, acrylic, or alkyd. There are also oil-based paints, which Nicole Gibbons, founder and CEO of Clare, says are not often sold these days due to ...