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Roller lint - Sanding issues (heat gun?)
s_busby_uk:
Yeah it was specifically the lint residue that I couldn't find much info on, but this thread has helped loads, thanks! Just bought a cheap electric sander so should save me the arm ache of redoing it all lol
s_busby_uk:
So I bought an electric sander that is pretty rubbish and just seems to get clogged with the paint it's sanded off within seconds. After a long while trying to "sand" down one side of my cabinet I tried painting it again, but now that it's dried I can see in the light that the thing is covered in small circular marks, presumably representing the circular motion of the sander.
This isn't going very well.
Could I feasibly remove these with another coat of paint? I don't think they're particularly deep marks but they are marks nonetheless - or is that not how paint works?
If not, I'm this close to either buying some vinyl siding or getting a heat gun to strip the paint off completely and start anew. Thoughts?
Edit: Added a photo so you can (hopefully) see the problem
Drnick:
Yep those are marks in the wood. If you want a perfect finish stop now and go get some laminate. Either that or you will want to sand it back down apply a fine coat of bondo or other product. Then a good high quality filling primer and start the painting procedure again.
leapinlew:
I know you are looking for a picture perfect finish, but that doesn't look bad to me. If you are going to paint - you can spend oodles more time getting it perfect, or you can deal with some imperfections.
I like mine to look perfect, so I choose not to even paint. I go with full art or laminate. I've seen very well done paint jobs, but it all requires more time than I want to allocate. Good luck.
s_busby_uk:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on May 31, 2014, 10:17:32 am ---I know you are looking for a picture perfect finish, but that doesn't look bad to me. If you are going to paint - you can spend oodles more time getting it perfect, or you can deal with some imperfections.
I like mine to look perfect, so I choose not to even paint. I go with full art or laminate. I've seen very well done paint jobs, but it all requires more time than I want to allocate. Good luck.
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Yeah at this point I've been stuck at this stage for about 2 weeks and it's getting a bit annoying. I may try one more coat of paint to see if that helps and then leave it at that. I don't think the scratches are as deep as the wood - I'm not really sure how they could be as I'd have seen the white primer sticking out.
It's just gutting because it looked super sweet up until I used that linty roller, and since then I've fixed one problem and encountered another.