But do reconsider that idea of painting the felt on your pool table.
Can you paint a pool table.
You can use gesso to create a base.
Painting a pool table try automotive paint from napa if your gonna spray it or a high gloss industrial oil from sw.
You can also use enamel exterior paint and primer to paint your pool table.
For most game room pool tables of the big box store type the 500 range whatever your current flooring is it will be adequate.
Multiple thin coats are usually better than a single heavy coat.
The most modern pool table i ve ever seen.
There s a reason why felt is on there.
It would look sweet with auto paint.
You should just remember to fill in any cracks and knots with spackle before you apply it.
Do this on a trial area first.
Send a chip of the paint to a pool paint manufacturer if you re not sure what kind it is.
I did a coffee table for a nba player a few years ago and they loved it also your gonna want to put a coat of clear gloss over it to give it depth good luck.
It s always best to sand between coats.
You can use acrylic pool paint over any type of pool paint that isn t flaking off.
Andy and jenny are lucky to live in grand cayman and recently found a pool table at on their local second hand listing service.
It doesn t require you to sand down any of the surfaces before application.
Then i got a plastic grocery store bag waded it up and just started jabbing it until i found a pattern i liked.
You can only use epoxy pool paint over old epoxy paint and rubber pool paint over old rubber paint.
The table is currently in pieces in my garage.
I mixed 1 4 cup glaze 1 4 cup black walnut water based stain on a foam plate and painted it on.
This paint has a long lasting shelf life and will keep the wood on your table free of moisture for a long time.
A professional looking job can be had using brush roller or spray.
All you do is mix 1 2 stain plus 1 2 faux glaze.
However if you have a wooden pool table then you should use chalk paint.
Kudos to andy and jenny on the great work.
Then paint your design in acrylic and then apply a top coat of clear acrylic gel medium to protect the paint from when the cue hits the table.
So they took it apart sanded it well painted it a clean bright white and re felted it with a grey blue felt.