Is it safe to paint a wooden cot?

[DitzyDonkey]

I have an old pretty ugly orangey pine cot. I was hoping to paint it a pretty colour. But I'm not sure if it is safe to do so (obviously if it is not safe there is NO WAY I will do it)

The cot itself is in good nic and perfect condition so I'm not going to waste money buying another one just to look pretty!

Any advice and knowledge would be great.

It is these days I would think. Paint isn't what it used to be.

I don't see why not. It would be a big, fiddly job to sand it all down. You would have to do that to ensure the new paint adhered well.

And don't skimp on the paint, get a good quality, wipeable paint. I regret choosing low-odour water-based gloss when we had decorators in last year. I thought it would be better, because of the dc. Less than a year on, the doors andslirtings are already looking scuffed and shabby.

Yeah I would say that about that gloss. I use it because I'm a pain in the arse about decorating so it doesn't get a chance to look shabby. For long lasting you need the proper I am stuff.

You need toy safe standard paint like Eico, Little Greene or farrow and ball. All low in VOC's

I've just bought some paint from Ecos to do the same thing. Dulux paint is not suitable and they explain why on their website. The Ecos paint is so safe that you can practically eat it. I ordered the white satin and it was £16 for 1 litre :-)
They have lots of colours on their website x

I googled this as I have to paint my pink cotbed blue! Best to use is a chalk paint then a wax over it :) it's quite expensive but worth it I'm sure x

I used Annie Sloan chalk paint and wax, it came up really well. They say to leave it a few weeks before baby goes in.

B&Q do a range (forgot the brand name now) that do toy safe gloss. I am planning to do the same thing, as on a shoe string and will be buying second hand. X

Thank you so much, great information. I'm excited now, just to decide which colour!

I'm house renovating (at 26 weeks:S trying to just see it as extreme nesting..) so I've done a fair bit of googling on the subject! As far as doing these things in pregnancy is concerned, if its old enough that it could be lead paint then don't do the sanding yourself, that can be harmful. Also don't use any paints which are 'high voc' which is quite a lot of gloss paints, not sure about the toy safe ones though. Obviously the mattress would need replaced. Happy painting!

Little greene eggshell is fab for furniture painting. It paints like a dream, dries lovely and even and isn't too shiny when dry. 100 times better than farrow and ball in my experience.

Hey ladies just wondering how much paint you all needed?! thinking about painting my wood cotbed white would 1litre of paint be enough? Thanks

Thought I'd quickly hijack and ask an additional question if anyone knows - is low VOC varnish ok? Can find lots of 'toy safe' paint online, but not really any varnishes that specify!

Thanks :-)