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Painting with a Roller - Oil or Latex?
spriggy:
When rolling.. I've always used high gloss oil based enamels. I add 'terebine' to assist in the drying time... especially when rolling on colder days. If you roll on enamels when it's extra cold, you'll lose some of the gloss.. and the classic slight orange peel effect may turn out more than just 'slight'.
My bartop is probably my most hammered cabinet .. ie carried to piss-ups, parties etc. It had 1 coat mdf primer, 2 decent top coats of hg enamel. Not a single mark on her after almost 5 years. :afro:
garnerb350:
I used latex when i was painting mine ( couldnt find oil-based)....I painted and sanded and painted ...did about 4 coats with differnt grit sandpaper...looks great on mine...
mvsfan:
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--- Quote from: mvsfan on July 12, 2009, 05:33:36 pm ---that roll on rustoleum is basically made to stick to a car frame or something like that for 20 years or so without chipping, and if you do your prep right and get rid of any dirt and oil on it, right, it does.
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How do you prep it "correctly"? I always just wipe the surface off with a towel..
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i used an autobody grease and wax remover, plenty of wood putty and sanding, and i also used BC Grade plywood. You can find the grease and wax remover at any ICI auto body supply store, and just make sure that its solvent based. the water base stuff doesnt work well.
also, any Home depot sells BC plywood if you ask for it. Basically what this means is that the wood has one smooth side that you use on the outside of your cab and it has one rough side that youll use on the inside of your cab. it saves you a heck of a lot of sanding time.
also, to cut costs you can use a sheet of OSB for the floor and the back, and any other such parts that arent going to get painted or be in view.
javeryh:
I ended up going with a latex paint. I couldn't get the oil-based paint in the color I wanted. I also couldn't buy a gallon because of environmental laws. I did spend a little more for some high quality paint from Sherman-Williams so I hope it turns out OK. I put the first coat on and it looks like total ass just like every first coat I put on anything. I think it will look better once I put a second and third coat on there. I'm a little bummed that it isn't going to be a hard enamel type finish but whatever - it should hold up just fine.
Quick question - has anyone put water-based poly over latex paint? I did a google search and the opinions are mixed.
Thanks!
Hogie1418:
ive put water based poly over latex on beer pong tables before. It always looked good to me. This is my first cab, sodoes everyone recommend poly over the final coat on a cab as well?
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