So Part Two of my January Jumpstart continues... First thing I did was, well, open the boxes and lay everything out. I figured I should lightly sand all the pieces while they were still unassembled. However, I decided I should mask out the bottom few inches before I sand. I probably should have been a bit more meticulous in measuring, but it was Saturday, and frankly, I was too lazy to dig up a ruler...
January Jumpstart: Jon's Ikea ROGER chair transformation #2
So, I just grabbed a small booklet/pamphlet I had laying around and used that as a marker on all four legs. Then I proceeded to sand, using the finest grade sandpaper I could find at the hardware store for my trusty Mouse sander.
After that, i did a "dry fit" of the chairs (I was only doing two chairs, so I figured I would do them at the same time) and got them to stay up without falling. I did this so I could get the paint in the all the cracks. I suppose you could just as easily assemble it first and then paint as well. Anyway, I chose to spray paint the whole thing because 1) I had a bunch of spray paint left over from previous projects, and 2) I was lazy. (it was Saturday after all). 
Finally, after a coat of spray primer (highly recommended), two coats of semi-gloss white spray paint, and then two coats of spray lacquer (to protect the finish and harden it), I was ready for the reveal...
Check out Laure's great post on how to spray paint a chair here.
Stay tuned for the final results in the room...
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That's cool. I'm curious why you dry fit the chair first if you were trying to get the paint in the cracks. Why not paint the pieces first?
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BlueYonder - Seems like it's easier to assemble it into something that can stand on its own - that way you can paint the whole thing in one fell swoop. When stuff is disassembled and laid flat, you have this "paint, wait to dry, turn over, paint.." cycle going on.
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Totally agree with jes. I spray-painted four IKEA chairs before assembling them...it took much longer, plus I ended up still having to do touch up after the chairs were assembled.
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