It can take paint and/or a topcoat up to three weeks to fully cure sometimes – this is especially true when its really hot and humid.
Just because the paint or the topcoat is dry to the touch doesn’t mean that its fully cured. If you are using a paint that requires no priming first, you can skip that part. It will just keep the furniture from soaking up your paint and taking coat after coat after coat of paint. If you are using a regular latex paint, you will definitely want to prime it with something like Zinnser or Kilz primer. However, depending on the paint you are using, you may need to prime it. If you are painting a piece of unfinished furniture, there is no need for sanding.
After you have sanded, run the tack cloth over the piece and apply a primer. Does that make sense? You won’t need to sand it down to the bare wood, just rough it up a bit. I recommend doing a quick sanding if the piece has any uneven spots or if its just really super shiny. If the furniture you are painting has one of these types of finishes, you will need to sand and/or prime it before painting: Depending on what type of surface you are painting though, you may still need a primer with that paint and you will most likely need it if you are painting with regular latex paint. One of those is Velvet Finishes, which if you’ve been around here for the last few months, you know that’s my new favorite furniture paint. There are some paints out there that you can paint directly onto just about any surface. The surface had a topcoat or finish that kept the paint from adhering as it should have.
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