Beyond Paint Review

Is Beyond Paint good? Does it really stick without sanding or priming?

Here’s our Beyond Paint Review, including a thrifted sewing table makeover to walk you through the process of using Beyond paint for painting furniture.

a jar of beyond paint and sewing desk after makeover with some text

In this blog post, we’ll provide an in-depth review of our experience with Beyond Paint and share what you can expect.

What if you could paint furniture without sanding, priming or topcoating the paint?

That’s what Beyond Paint claims to do. But we’re gonna test it and see if it’s true with this makeover.

thrifted sewing desk before the makeover

We bought this old sewing desk from the thrift store for $25.

I won’t lie. I wasn’t thrilled with this style, but I love the thought of an easy flip.

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Table of Contents

Supplies for Beyond Paint Makeover

Electric Screwdriver
Krud Kutter and an Old Rag
Paint Tray
3/8″ Roller
Beyond Paint
220 Grit Sandpaper
SurfPrep Sander (Use code RAY10 to get 10% off your order)
Fusion Mineral Paint – Algonquin
Paint Brush
Lint Free Rag
Dark Romance Floral Transfer – Out of Stock, but here are other options

Painting Furniture with Beyond Paint

Let’s dive into how to paint furniture with Beyond Paint.

Then I’ll share my review and up close photos of what you can expect.

Real quick, this sewing table had a sewing machine in it, so I tested it out and sure enough, it worked… but I have no use for it, so I got rid of it.

Check out another painted sewing machine table where I chose to keep the sewing machine.

Prepare Furniture for Paint

I unscrewed the door pull and got rid of the thread storage inside the door.

Then I gave it a good cleaning with some Krud Kutter and an old damp rag.

Whoever had this table must have used it a lot over the years. It was gross inside.

No matter what paint you use, it’s always important to clean your furniture with a good degreasing cleaner to remove oils, grease, and grime from the surface.

Here’s how to Clean Furniture Before Painting.

Beyond Paint

And then I moved onto the paint.

Yep, no sanding or priming before painting. And I didn’t fill any scratches with wood filler either.

I mixed up the paint.. holy cow it’s THICK!

showing the thickness of beyond paint with a popsicle stick

Then I poured it into a paint tray and used a 3/8” roller to roll it onto the furniture.

That’s what Beyond Paint recommends.

Find out the Best Rollers for Painting Furniture, and the Best Paint Brushes for Painting Furniture here.

If you need to get into tight spaces, they say to stipple the paint brush so it doesn’t leave brush marks in the paint.

So, this paint claims that you don’t need to sand or prime before you paint, on a variety of surfaces.. including slick laminate or even tile.

So it’s supposed to have excellent bonding properties…

It also claims that you don’t need to topcoat it.

But they do come right out and say there will be slight texture left behind.

I like their honesty.

Here’s what the paint looked like after I rolled it on, while it was still wet… and what it looked like after it was dry.

close up on texture after rolling beyond paint onto furniture

close up on texture once beyond paint dried

Yep, there is definitely texture.

But nothing worse than most paints when they are rolled on.

About 3 hours after I painted the first coat, I scratched at the paint, and I couldn’t really get any paint to scratch off.

Maybe a teeny tiny speck here or there. That’s pretty great!

scratching dried beyond paint to test if it's durable

I let it dry the recommended 2 hours between coats.

And I ended up sanding with 220-grit sandpaper between coats because I had some paint globs and uneven textured spots on the edges.

Learn more about Sandpaper for Furniture Painting here.

Then I painted the 2^nd coat. This paint definitely needed 2 coats to get full coverage, even with the black color.

Whitewashed Legs

I planned to paint the entire table, but after I painted the top, I thought it might look cool with some light wood legs.

So I sanded off the old finish on the legs.

And then I mixed up some whitewash.. probably 1 part Fusion Mineral Paint’s Algonquin with 2 parts water.

I brushed it on, and then wiped off the excess with a lint free rag.

Learn more about How to Whitewash Wood here.

Check out more whitewashed furniture ideas here.

Floral Transfer

And then for some added fun, I put this Dark Romance floral transfer onto the inside of the door.

Learn How to Apply Furniture Transfers here.

Check out these floral painted furniture ideas.

Painting Hardware with Beyond Paint

Oh, and for the hardware, I cleaned the hardware and then painted it with Beyond Paint, so we could test it out on some metal.

Learn How to Clean Old Furniture Hardware here.

Watch the video of this review/makeover here:

And here’s what it looks like now!

side angle of black painted sewing desk after the makeover

Beyond Paint Review - Thrifted Sewing Table Makeover

Check out our Beyond Paint review with steps on how to paint a thrifted sewing table.

Materials

Tools

Instructions

Clean furniture with a degreaser to prepare for paint.
Pour the paint into a paint tray.
Apply 2 coats of paint with a roller, sanding in between coats to smooth out some paint globs and uneven texture.
Mix up some whitewash then brush it on the furniture legs.
For some added fun, apply a floral transfer onto the inside of the door.
Clean the old hardware, paint and attach it to the sewing table.