scholar
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I need to embark on a kitchen project. My preferred style is face-frames, Egger melamine carcasses, shaker-style doors, solid oak drawer sides and Siilestone work surfaces. I am pretty comfortable with all of that.
I have used poplar in the past for doors and frames, but really like the stability of Accoya, so will probably use that. Drawer fronts will be 22mm MDF.
I really need some help on the paint finish - this is not my strong subject.
I have a Fuji HVLP that has given me excellent results for a spray-painted finish on other projects. I now have a super-duper AAA spray set-up that I have not yet got much experience on, but will be a step up from the HVLP. But do I want a perfect sprayed finish or is it really better to hand finish? I guess the difference is that the hand finish gives a depth that an almost perfectly smooth spray finish doesn’t.
Inevitably, we will end up using a Farrow &. Ball colour, preferably in their own paint as I have had mixed results with colour matching from others, including Morrell’s (the colour looks matched, but it still doesn’t look the same - I know there are many reasons for this).
I have seen various approaches suggested in the past:
- hand-paint a base coat, then spray on top of that, so you still get a build-up of the hand-painted finish, giving that extra depth;
- spray the base coat and first top coat, then hand paint a final top coat;
- as above, but spray the final topcoat and just hand drag the finish with a brush.
I would appreciate some thoughts on what others do.
[I love spraying, but hate painting…]
Cheers
I have used poplar in the past for doors and frames, but really like the stability of Accoya, so will probably use that. Drawer fronts will be 22mm MDF.
I really need some help on the paint finish - this is not my strong subject.
I have a Fuji HVLP that has given me excellent results for a spray-painted finish on other projects. I now have a super-duper AAA spray set-up that I have not yet got much experience on, but will be a step up from the HVLP. But do I want a perfect sprayed finish or is it really better to hand finish? I guess the difference is that the hand finish gives a depth that an almost perfectly smooth spray finish doesn’t.
Inevitably, we will end up using a Farrow &. Ball colour, preferably in their own paint as I have had mixed results with colour matching from others, including Morrell’s (the colour looks matched, but it still doesn’t look the same - I know there are many reasons for this).
I have seen various approaches suggested in the past:
- hand-paint a base coat, then spray on top of that, so you still get a build-up of the hand-painted finish, giving that extra depth;
- spray the base coat and first top coat, then hand paint a final top coat;
- as above, but spray the final topcoat and just hand drag the finish with a brush.
I would appreciate some thoughts on what others do.
[I love spraying, but hate painting…]
Cheers
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