One Coat Melamine Paint

[Jollywest]

- One coat application
- No Primer Required
- Tough & durable
- Transform and refreshes

DIY Store - One Coat Melamine Paint

Sounds too good to be true. Has anyone had any experience of using such a product?

[Nacimroc]

Just wanted to jump in and give my 2 cents! I laminated my first cab! Was a bit of work but turned out nice! A bit expensive but I would say worth it in the end.

The cab I have just done, I decided to paint! Worst mistake ever! Absolute pain in the ass, sanding, painting more sanding, more painting etc! So I went to a local carpenter.  He showed me a sheet of melamine. He used regular old paint and sprayed on 1 rough coat of black semi-gloss paint and it turned out absolutely fantastic.  It would be extremely easy to get the piano black finish that people like without much work at all. 1 coat of paint and a buffer and it would be perfect.

I don't think it gets mentioned on this forum enough and would love to see more people building cabs with melamine as it appears to save a mountain of work in the painting side of things!

[orchidius]

Just wanted to jump in and give my 2 cents! I laminated my first cab! Was a bit of work but turned out nice! A bit expensive but I would say worth it in the end.

The cab I have just done, I decided to paint! Worst mistake ever! Absolute pain in the ass, sanding, painting more sanding, more painting etc! So I went to a local carpenter.  He showed me a sheet of melamine. He used regular old paint and sprayed on 1 rough coat of black semi-gloss paint and it turned out absolutely fantastic.  It would be extremely easy to get the piano black finish that people like without much work at all. 1 coat of paint and a buffer and it would be perfect.

I don't think it gets mentioned on this forum enough and would love to see more people building cabs with melamine as it appears to save a mountain of work in the painting side of things!

So... Recap... He used a melamine coated sheet of fibreboard like the ones used in most "older" kitchens and other furniture, then painted it with one layer of old paint and one layer of black semi-gloss from a spray-can and it that gave him the mirror black finish that normally require an infinite amount of sanding?

[Nacimroc]

Yes, he used an mdf coated with melamine identical to the sheets used in the shelves of kitchen units. He gave it a single sprayed coat, but I could see that after a tiny amount more work, you could get a piano black finish. I can clearly see my reflection after one spray, so I'm assuming after a small amount of buffering, that perfect finish could be achieved after a few minutes work. After painting a cab and laminating a cab, this melamine looks like the perfect choice. Cheapish and a better finish.

[orchidius]

I'll most certainly keep it in mind! I considered that option before, but none of the DIY stores here in Belgium sell that type of wood. Well, they do sell it, but only in 50cm wide planks -.-

[Jollywest]

Interesting stuff... Thanks for your views.

I've just bought some of the paint anyhow and will report back after I've tried it.

On the tin it does say Melamine needs to be well sanded with 240 grit sandpaper first though.

[Jollywest]

If anyone is thinking of using One-Coat Melamime Paint from Ronseal I would definitely recommend it.

It says that Melamine should be sanded with 240 grit sand paper first, but since there was a grain effect with little score marks everywhere on my cab I never bothered, as I though this would be enough of a key for the paint to stick to.

I followed the tin's application instructions which were;
- Use a Bristle Brush.
- Spread the paint out as much as possible.
- Finish with final brush stroke in one direction.

The finish was great, but it was slightly patchy in places, so I did a second coat on the visible parts and it looks fantastic now.

Pics to come.

[javeryh]

Pics??   

[Jollywest]

Yea sorry just been a bit busy but will try and sort them tomorrow.

[Jollywest]

Finally got chance to take some pics.

I plan to upload some better quality one's soon, never realised how blurry they were till I blew them up on the pc.

   

... and how it looked originally;

[Jollywest]

I know its been a while but here are some better quality pictures of the painted Melamine;

(There is also a little video that I posted in the Misc. forum - HERE)