Re: Help - Sanding & Painting Cabinet


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Posted by MameMole on 12, 2001 at 11:25 AM:

In Reply to: Help - Sanding & Painting Cabinet posted by Krusty on 12, 2001 at 9:04 AM:

My personal reccomendation would be to fill any chips with wood filler and just surface sand the entire cabinet. It really isn't necessary to remove ALL of the old paint, and if there was an original sealer coat it would be beneficial to leave it. A couple coats of paint will cover up any minor blemishes. I used latex interior paint with a special roller for smooth surfaces and it worked great.

Also, I would strongly advise against using a gloss black paint. Using a 'satin' or 'semigloss' paint will give you some shine without showing every flaw, overspray, etc. and will in my opinion yield more professional results. I'm not saying you couldn't do a high gloss piano finish...it would just take priming with LOTS of sanding, painting, finish sanding, painting, finish sanding, painting, finish sanding, painting, finish sanding, painting..........you get the idea.


: I am preparing my cabinet (Dead Angle, don't know what it was originally, but cabinet appears to be generic), and I am going to sand and repaint it. I have a regular disc sander, and got some 60 grain pads for it. I started sanding it, and the top layer of glossy black paint came of very easily. Below that, there is a dull black paint, which took a lot more time to get through. After that, there was an original white paint job, and that is taking forever to get through. I haven't made it very far yet, and it seems like it will literally take days to get the paint off at this rate.

: Does anyone have any suggestions as to the best way to get the original paint off, without using gasoline and a match? :)

: Also, once I get the cabinet stripped, I want to paint it with a high-gloss black. I've never painted anything like this before, so does anyone have any suggestions as to how many coats of paint, what type, spray or brush, etc?

: Thanks in advance...




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