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Title: Painting control panel HELP!
Post by: LoyalistRevolt on May 25, 2008, 04:45:53 pm
Well my friend and  I have this wood control panel....We want to paint it black but don't know if we should just full on paint it black or pime it or somethingk like that advice?
Title: Re: Painting control panel HELP!
Post by: fjl on May 25, 2008, 05:00:13 pm
Definitely primer. And add plexi over it. By the way, your avatar doesn't animate.
Title: Re: Painting control panel HELP!
Post by: LoyalistRevolt on May 27, 2008, 11:11:47 pm
Definitely primer. And add plexi over it. By the way, your avatar doesn't animate.

Yea dude I know I want to try to figure out why thought.
Title: Re: Painting control panel HELP!
Post by: EwJ on May 27, 2008, 11:54:37 pm
If you're adding artwork, plexi, and t-mold, there's no need to prime or paint the top.
How's the box (or whatever you are fitting the cp top to) look? If bare wood, then
prime and paint is good.  You could use laminate instead - might be a bit more
in cost, but slightly less work (imho) and can look better than some paint jobs.
(depends on how much work you do with the paint job).

btw, your avatar is a png, not a gif - and wasn't that Frizzle's avatar at one time?
Title: Re: Painting control panel HELP!
Post by: jimkirk on May 28, 2008, 01:55:04 am
Yes paint if any is going to be seen that a CPO might not cover. If you paint use primer first and fix any imperfections as a paint job is only as good as the prep job. I primed and painted my DK CP and it came out beautiful. Hope this helps-Jim
Title: Re: Painting control panel HELP!
Post by: LoyalistRevolt on May 30, 2008, 12:40:27 am
Thanks for the help guy and This has been my avatar for as long as I could remember thats why I picked it because I have never seen if before
Title: Re: Painting control panel HELP!
Post by: EwJ on May 31, 2008, 03:23:31 am
Thanks for the help guy and This has been my avatar for as long as I could remember thats why I picked it because I have never seen if before

OK, must have confused you/your avatar with someone else - big forum, lots of members.

Did you decide to prime/paint?
How did it turn out?
Will you be posting a pic in the Control Panel Database?
Title: Re: Painting control panel HELP!
Post by: WunderCade on June 01, 2008, 01:02:51 am
btw, your avatar is a png, not a gif - and wasn't that Frizzle's avatar at one time?

Yes, he stole Frizzle's woman and she isn't moving anymore.  :o