On Feb 27, 8:08 am, "Lawrence" wrote:
On Feb 27, 9:47 am, wrote: Hello,
I have a cheap but reliable simple Ikea box bed frame. It originally
came with that fancy wood grained style contact paper glue to the
particle board type wood to give the "rich and famous look" without
spending much money. After multiple moves, the contact paper is
tearing off and I was hoping the group might have some suggestions for
how to cover up the tattered mess. I have considered contact paper
again or possibly buying some thin wood and gluing/nailing it around
the outside. The parts that need to be covered are the outside facing
wood (largest surface area) and the 1" width of the same piece of wood
that faces up.

Don't waste your time or money. Ikea is good for what they do,
however, their furniture is not worth the effort to refinish.
Standard advice: toss it and buy another. Refinishing is for real
wood not particle board.

If you are absolutely in love with this priceless heirloom then by all
means do whatever you wish with it. It's your bed, your time and
money. The ideas you have are fine otherwise you can just paint the
darn thing and call it done. Whatever you do, you cannot screw up a
cheap piece like that.

Don't waste your time or money. Ikea is good for what they do,
however, their furniture is not worth the effort to refinish.
Standard advice: toss it and buy another. Refinishing is for real
wood not particle board.

Lawrence's advice is right on target......

IMO your time would be better spent on something else, the frame
probably isn't worth the time or material to fix it up.

Refinishing this bed frame would be like "putting a $50 saddle on a $5
horse"

Check out craigslist.org in your area for a really cheap replacement
or even a beat up real wood frame that WOULD be worth refinishing.
If you want to do the refinishing thing, start with something worth
refinishing.

I restore old stuff all the time but sometimes the original item was
made of such cheap material it just ain't worth the effort.

cheers
Bob