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i used mdf for my cabinet and painted it with black gloss it looks like crap!
MameFan:
I posted this in another thread a month ago.
For black (or anything semi or glossy) to work well, you need to do MULTIPLE coats of flat or ultra-flat, followed by a final satin, semi-gloss or gloss coat. Sanding in between EACH coat!
Do NOT try to just prime, sand and final coat (or 2 final coat) ESPECIALLY with a semi or gloss paint. They will tend to run and the gloss in them will build up ridges too quickly over a minor imperfection making a mountain out of a molehill.
By using base coats of flat paint, you can spray TONS of it on and not build up bad ridges (unless you are an absolute horrible painter), then sand between and then just spray a LIGHT final coat of the level of gloss you want. Even the best painters cannot always spray a good gloss coat too thick.
I did this on a ton of coin doors and cocktail clips last summer and the results (after messing up the first one going direct to gloss from primer) turned out excellent. All that flat gives good base coats (and you can use CHEAP < $1 cans of flat spay on the base coats, and save the $$ for a good final coat that you only need 1 coat of).
Doing this trick even alowed me to get tons of base coats inside the coin returns on bally/midway coin doors--without causing puddles/runs around the front lip of the door from the overspray!
I also bake each coat for at least 4-6 hours in the hot sun (longer if it's humid). Makes a great product.. strong enough even for the bare lip of a Pacman upright control panel (Satin final coat) or Ms.Pac cocktail control panel (gloss final coat)
JLR2000:
You sanded the MDF?? Sorry, but one of the reasons you use MDF is that the material needs little to no prep. Just prime and paint. I used a paint sprayer, no sanding (other than filled wood screw holds), primer and paint and am very happy with the results.
Good luck, hope you get it looking the way you want...
tyweed:
Sorry i didnt really sand the mdf just the putty which we used to cover all screw holes. If i decided to use laminate ewhere could i find it online i'm looking for a blue color?
rampy:
--- Quote from: tyweed on April 14, 2003, 05:31:33 pm ---Sorry i didnt really sand the mdf just the putty which we used to cover all screw holes. If i decided to use laminate ewhere could i find it online i'm looking for a blue color?
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man, you crack me up... do you have A.D.D.?
I demand pictures of your handywork... be posted =P
have you given up fixing the paint?
Home depot has laminate sheets... and I bet there are other resources around you. Although if you dorked up painting, you really scare me with a router in your hands.
Rampy
Frostillicus:
tyweed - I put a lot of coats of gloss black on mine - you do just have to be patient and keep at it. Use a super-fine roller from home depot or lowes and I don't know how you can get bad results.