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Painting MDO
GregD:
Looking for some advice. The components of my cabinet are cut out of MDO and I am looking for the best method to paint it. I see that many use foam rollers for this job. What is the best technique for getting a smooth coat with as little texture as possible? Should I be thinning the paint? What type of paint and what type of primer should be used? Latex or oil? Gloss or Semi Gloss? I googled painting methods for MDO and the replies were from exterior sign makers that used some $pecialty paint. I have no problem purchasing good paint but it should be available off the shelf at Big orange or Sherwin Williams, etc. I do have an HVLP spray kit but everytime I have painted with it I have gotten the orange peel results even when using Flotrol to thin. Anyone have a tried and true method? Thanks in advance.
Dervacumen:
Maybe check out this thread. It's full of a bunch of gobbledegook about painting. I didn't follow those instructions, and ended up with very light roller bumps. Next time I'll follow these instructions. The overlay on MDO must be very similar to MDF, no?
GregD:
MDO has a paper overlay that takes paint really well. It is also kind of expensive so I do not want to mess it up. I dont see a link in your post. Thanks
Nevermind. I see it now
Ond:
--- Quote from: GregD on February 09, 2012, 08:33:53 pm ---MDO has a paper overlay that takes paint really well. It is also kind of expensive so I do not want to mess it up. I dont see a link in your post. Thanks
Nevermind. I see it now
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I've had pretty good results using my painting method, you can find details here (scroll down the page to a step by step guide):
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88912.960
GregD:
So, what would work best? Oil or latex? I would prefer to use latex but if the results will be significantly better with oil based then I will do that.