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can you paint a table top

Everyone Says Never Paint the Top. Is That True?

October 28, 2026 by Rachel Blackwood
Dining table top mid-project with a painter's tape line dividing a stained oak half from a freshly painted half

Painting a dining table top fails for three reasons, and none is the paint: rushed cure, a wax or no topcoat, no scuff-sand. When painting it is right.

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