DIY question - painting a bed frame

[hm45]

I want to change the colour of my bed frame, but I'm not good at DIY, so I have no idea how to go about it. I imagine the proper method involves sanding and then painting with wood paint, but I can't see myself sanding the whole frame…

Is there a quick, magic way to change the colour of a lacquered pine wood bed frame?
(I've uploaded a photo)

Thanks

I’d see if interior wood water based eggshell from F&B would work. It would need a good primer and undercoat - not sure it needs sanding. Try a bit underneath first. Sanding is a big job.

French Chic lazy range

you may need to touch it up due to wear but it’s easy to use - goes on with no prep and looks lovely

My DH did one of our DDs bed a couple of years ago, he sanded it, primed it and got a proper furniture paint but after a year we just bought a new bed because the paint kept chipping and started to flake off.

I painted my pine headboard a number of years ago. I cleaned with sugar soap, lightly sanded and painted with satin paint. It was sanded and painted altogether 3 times then left for a day. I haven't had to touch up the paint since then. Preperation is key.

Google BIN Zinsser primer. You can paint it straight on. No sanding. Then paint over with a paint in your preferred colour. Decide if you want a matt, egg shell, satin or gloss finish.

The BIN primer dries very quickly so you have to work really fast.

Leave it as it is.

Are you sure that's pine? It looks like oak but that might be the staining. I wouldn't paint oak.

It looks like it might be rubberwood to me.
If it's only the headboard visible, could you cover it?

Are you going to paint it the same colour as the wall it sits on? That’s my plan for mine or else I will sell it on Gumtree and put towards one I’d prefer.

I painted some wood furniture, used zinnster bin primer with proper furniture paint afterwards, after getting lots of recommendations and reading reviews.

It didn't last that well unfortunately and looked pretty shoddy after a couple of years (unless you're after the shabby chic look). I think to make it really work you'll probably have to sand it to get a decent key, and then paint with a sprayer for the primer and top coat, rather than paint brushes, to assure you have fine enough coats that grip and won't flake. Xx

@hm45 , if you haven't painted much in the past, the results will probably not look good.
The bedframe has many curved areas and uprights, and I know if I did it, it would look a bit blobby. Plus paint like eggshell isn't very durable.

the purpose of sanding is:
a) to remove the previous coating. Particularly important of that is a varnish or lacquer as paint won't stick to them very well. Yes Zinser sells a primer that is pretty good, but it will always be better to sand first for reason b)

b) sanding creates a "keyed" surface that the primer adheres to much better. You do not have to sand to bare wood in every spot, but the more you can do the better will be the outcome.

Painting is all about preparation, not just the act of piloting a paint brush loaded with paint.