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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: noobofthecentury on April 07, 2008, 12:20:01 am
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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?
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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.
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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
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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.
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)
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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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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.
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)
I believe he meant "Don't use spray paint cans to paint your cabinet", and to that I say "Yes, I agree". A professional spray gun and properly thinned and mixed paint will look godlike if applied as such. Multiple different spray cans with different consistancies and applications will look like utter crap.
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I used this stuff.
http://www.duplicolor.com/products/autospray.html
It dries rock hard in about an hour leaving a very smooth texture
without the need for sanding in between coats.
The downside is that a 5oz can costs about $5.00 and takes about
six cans for a full size cabinet.
I thought it was worth it.
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Krylon, Rustoleum, or if you want to go really high end, Get some Montana
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I used this stuff.
http://www.duplicolor.com/products/autospray.html
It dries rock hard in about an hour leaving a very smooth texture
without the need for sanding in between coats.
The downside is that a 5oz can costs about $5.00 and takes about
six cans for a full size cabinet.
I thought it was worth it.
Considering a gallon of primer plus a gallon of paint will be over $50, that isn't too bad of a deal. ;D