John Pollman
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Hi folks,
Other than using spray cans for my woodworking projects, the only real spraying I've done has been an R/C sailboat that I built a few years ago. It came out very nice. I used a cheap $25 spray setup I bought at Harbor Freight. But very soon I will have thirteen cabinets with doors and drawer fronts that need to be painted. Spraying is about the only logical way to accomplish the task. They are going to need at least four coats I'm sure. Two primer coats and two color coats.
I have built all of the cabinets and they are 1x poplar and Baltic Birch plywood. The plan is two coats of Zinsser BIN shellac-based primer, and two coats of white latex satin. I'm going to start with some practice spraying on scrap, and then the inside of the cabinets first to get the feel for it. I bought what should be a pretty nice HVLP gun. I got it again at Harbor Freight, but it is the most expensive one they carry. ($229) It has a 1.7 tip, and talking to my brother who has been spraying for years said that should be fine. It's a Black Widow and I watched a review of it on Youtube. A professional auto painter put it head to head against one of his top of the line guns he uses. He said that it did very well in the test. I'm sure that it should be fine for shooting cabinets.
Wish me luck!
Other than using spray cans for my woodworking projects, the only real spraying I've done has been an R/C sailboat that I built a few years ago. It came out very nice. I used a cheap $25 spray setup I bought at Harbor Freight. But very soon I will have thirteen cabinets with doors and drawer fronts that need to be painted. Spraying is about the only logical way to accomplish the task. They are going to need at least four coats I'm sure. Two primer coats and two color coats.
I have built all of the cabinets and they are 1x poplar and Baltic Birch plywood. The plan is two coats of Zinsser BIN shellac-based primer, and two coats of white latex satin. I'm going to start with some practice spraying on scrap, and then the inside of the cabinets first to get the feel for it. I bought what should be a pretty nice HVLP gun. I got it again at Harbor Freight, but it is the most expensive one they carry. ($229) It has a 1.7 tip, and talking to my brother who has been spraying for years said that should be fine. It's a Black Widow and I watched a review of it on Youtube. A professional auto painter put it head to head against one of his top of the line guns he uses. He said that it did very well in the test. I'm sure that it should be fine for shooting cabinets.
Wish me luck!