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| Thread ID: 121233 | 2011-10-17 07:46:00 | Enameling Furniture | pine-o-cleen (2955) | PC World Chat |
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| 1238047 | 2011-10-17 07:46:00 | Ok, so the Mrs came home with about the ugliest display cabinet I've ever seen and wants me to 'fix it up' :/ There's loads of work involved, but it seems she can't be talked out of it (believe me I've tried). So I'm trying to work out what it's going to cost and I cant seem to find anywhere that can tell me if I was to enamel it, how much enamel I would need. Has anyone done anything like this before and could maybe give me an idea of cost? At a very rough estimate I reckon it's 3-3.5m2 that would need enameling. TIA. |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1238048 | 2011-10-17 08:36:00 | Yeah...it was tragic really. You'd been faithfully cleaning this wonderful objet d'art with turpentine for your beloved darling when suddenly - inexplicably - the rags caught fire and POOF - the beast..er...stunning piece of whatnot was gone. Such a shame.. ;) |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1238049 | 2011-10-17 08:37:00 | You say enamelling which I assume you mean paint. What is it coated with now. It may change when knowing what it is coated with now but I would recommend a very thorough sanding then two of coats of Resene's APU (acrylic primer undercoat) and then two coats of Resene's water based enamel. Enamacryl is a full gloss Lustacryl is a semi-gloss. One litre will do 12 square metres. Probably better off getting a 4 litre of APU as you will always find another use for what you don't use and I don't think they do a smaller can of it. It is always cheaper by quite a marked degree buying in larger cans. You will need a 1 litre of the water based enamel. As I don't pay retail I'm not totally sure of the prices but it will be about $95 for the APU and about $45 for the water based enamel. If you need an excuse to buy a new toy a Bosch all rounder is an excellent tool for sanding as well as having very handy cutting blades for it. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1238050 | 2011-10-17 09:10:00 | It's wood veneer with I guess a varnish finish. Hard to tell. But those prices are probably the ammo I need to convince her that we won't have the funds to do it for a while :D Thanks mikebartnz. |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1238051 | 2011-10-17 09:10:00 | Yeah...it was tragic really. You'd been faithfully cleaning this wonderful objet d'art with turpentine for your beloved darling when suddenly - inexplicably - the rags caught fire and POOF - the beast..er...stunning piece of whatnot was gone. Such a shame.. I'd better do that outside then :D |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1238052 | 2011-10-17 09:40:00 | If it is varnish or polyurethane then you could use 500ml of smooth surface sealer first after a light sand. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1238053 | 2011-10-17 09:56:00 | What about areas that need more than a light sand? | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1238054 | 2011-10-17 10:28:00 | What about areas that need more than a light sand? APU straight onto those areas if it is down to bare timber. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
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