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| f4phantomii:
If you have the tools and the working space, you simply can't beat a spray finish. I use a $150 el-cheapo no-name oil-less air compressor and a $20 spray gun. Works great. I paint everything that way now. I just use regular acrylic-latex with no problems. The trick is to adjust the viscosity of the paint so that it is fluid enough to hit the surface and let the drops run together, and then flash before drips or sags start. Takes a little practice, but it looks factory when done. As for avoiding woodgrain, another technique I've seen used is to take epoxy and apply it in a thin coat to fill in the grain. Then sand lightly. Apply a couple of coats of primer and sand lightly between to make sure you have any pits filled that survived the epoxy. After that, apply a couple of coats of paint and you are done. If you don't want to go the epoxy route, you might try to find some "hi-build" primer. It has lots of talc in it so that it goes on really thick to fill in gaps and crevices. Sand as usual and then paint as usual. |
| mountain:
Or you could laminate it. It costs more, but it is quicker, not as messy, and look incredible when finished. |
| ArtsNFartsNCrafts:
Okay. So how about this: What brand/kind of paint(s), primer(s), and lacquer(s) do you guys use? |
| f4phantomii:
If you are just going to paint it flat black or semi-gloss black, just about any cheap brand will do, as long as it hasn't been sitting on the shelf for 2-3 years. For lighter colors, especially white, I typically use Behr. For darker colors I've used everything from ACE brand to really expensive designer paints like Calvin Klein. Pretty much no difference when you are spraying them. If you are going to brush or roll, I'd recommend either Behr or Glidden. |
| Hoopz:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 11, 2008, 07:18:37 pm ---Thanks, HooPZ ... I was just looking for exactly that post ... and there is no way I would ever go to those extremes (25 coats of lacquer!) , but if i did, i expect that the finish would be BEE-YOO-TI-FUL! --- End quote --- 20 minutes to dry each coat and he did it all in a weekend! That's not painting a cabinet; it's art that happens to play arcade games. I went the quick and easy route. I have two little girls that saw the side of a cabinet and grabbed crayons when I was in the other room. No biggie since it's in their playroom. They'll pay it back in sweat equity in a few years. >:D |
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