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| edekoning:
I am officially in painting hell :'( The first layer of paint after priming went on nice and smooth, and looks terrific. I applied a second layer of paint for all the visible parts: side panels, front panel, speaker panel, and a few other areas. The results were horrible though, as it seemed my roller disintegrated, leaving small fabric parts all over the place. I did not notice this during the painting, as when painting black on black its really hard to see what you are actually doing. So more sanding and using a non-fabric roller for another layer of paint, and again the results were not great. Dust specks everywhere! How the F@#$ did that happen, as I waited a week between sanding and painting, and used a damp cloth to wipe the cab and surrounding area multiple times, during that time. Then I realized, I left the stick to stir the paint on the ground next to the cab when sanding, and never cleaned it afterwards. So that is most likely the source of contamination of my paint. The front panel and speaker panel are luckily not that bad actually. It's only noticeable when you either feel the wood, or a bright light reflects off the surface. The side panels are worse and I fear for when I need to apply side art. So I was wondering, can I just lightly wet sand the side panels with say 1000+ grit, and then apply the side art. Or does the side art stick better when I just repaint it after sanding? |
| DaOld Man:
I like your build. Painting is a real PITA for me. Dust, insects, roller patterns, you name it, i have seen it. My last project I tried spray painting (using the ole rattle cans), it looked better than the rolled on paint, but I went through a bunch of cans of paint. I am not now nor will ever be a good painter. LOL I bought a cheap airless paint sprayer from harbor freight. That was 30 bucks wasted. It spit drops everywhere. I dont think I have enough patience to do the job right. |
| edekoning:
I am thinking of doing a small project after this just to try out laminating. As that would remove 95% of the painting process. Then again, that might have its own issues. Only one way to find out I guess. |
| DaOld Man:
I used laminate on my jukeboxes, and I was very pleased with it. Although it can be expensive, it looks real good, and no painting at all (on my projects anyway). |
| javeryh:
--- Quote from: edekoning on October 16, 2020, 06:47:33 am ---I am officially in painting hell :'( --- End quote --- Did you seal the plywood with something like Kilz? It looks from the picture that the grain is soaking up the paint which means you didn't seal it. Two coats of Kilz with sanding in between should leave you with a very nice surface and the grain barely visible (or not visible at all). You can apply art directly to the primed surface or finish it with whatever top coat you want and it will come out looking nice. It does take patience though. I use a 3/8" nap roller with a high quality paint and sand in between each coat with 220 grit. Wipe down the surface, make sure you are not painting in a dusty area or outside where insects and pollen can land on the surface, etc. It takes practice but if you stick with it you will get great results. |
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