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noobofthecentury:
Hi, whats a good spray cans for painting wood

so you applied primer with brush, 2 coats.
then sand it nicely....

what kind of spray paints do I need?
btw, since I primed the whole MDF wood, it is ok to use any kind of spray paints? or still stay away from water base ones?

Apollo:
The answer is don't use spray paint. You will get a much better finish using a very fine/smooth roller and applying 2-3 coats.
noobofthecentury:
really?
many replied before for me to use spray for smoother finish..

i have foam type roller, is that ok?
can u explain more why roller is better than spray?

Do i  need to thin them? cause i been reading a lot saying spray > roller
Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: Apollo on April 07, 2008, 02:26:08 am ---The answer is don't use spray paint. You will get a much better finish using a very fine/smooth roller and applying 2-3 coats.

--- End quote ---

What????  Since when can you get a better finish with a roller..... What a load of tosh!!  If that was the case then cars would be roller painted.

The answer is that spraying will always produce a better finish BUT! unless you have spray equipment, it's not worth doing on something the size of a cabinet. You'll use a very large number of rattle cans at a very very high cost.

So yes... stick to the glossing roller... but not because it produces a better finish. It will produce a finish that is perfectly well up to arcade standards.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
fjl:
Even spray paint still requires some mild sanding. At least for me. Maybe I just suck at it. I did wet sanding and got an almost mirror finish. But spray painting resulted in a much smoother paint job than a roller ever did so I would never say that a roller is better. Good enough for an arcade? Perhaps, but definitely not better.

Like I mentioned in another thread, the only way you will ever get an ultra smooth finish with a roller is if the surface being painted is already very smooth and doesn't absorb paint. So unless your painting glass, it wont happen.
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