- 1). Place the wood veneer piece on top of a fabric dropcloth.
- 2). Abrade the wood veneer with sandpaper. Scour the veneer until it feels slightly gritty.
- 3). Wipe down the veneer with a sticky tackcloth.
- 4). Cover parts of the wood veneer piece you do not want painted with low-tack blue painter's tape.
- 5). Coat the abraded wood veneer with acrylic latex primer, using a paintbrush, manufactured for use with water-based latex paints. Wait two hours for the primed wood veneer piece to dry.
- 6). Wash the brush with water.
- 7). Dilute the acrylic latex paint to promote a smoother finish. Pour one gallon of paint into the two-gallon painter's pot. Stir in one oz. of water, using a wooden stir stick.
- 8). Coat the primed wood veneer with two light coats of the diluted paint. Wait one complete hour between coats. Wait four hours before returning the finished piece to its original place.
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