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My desk is an unpainted MDF self built job.
I want it black.
Whats the best wat to go about it. I have a mouse sander, so sandings not a prob, but what would you use to paint it?
I want it black.
Whats the best wat to go about it. I have a mouse sander, so sandings not a prob, but what would you use to paint it?
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Paint brush ?
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Not helpful
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Take it outside (important) and give it several coats of oil and petrol.
Next set fire to the fking thing as it sounds dreadful! |
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Oi b0llockchops. My Dad built me that. He's a quality chippie and it's a nice job. I asked him to leave it unfinished as I couldn't decide on how to finish it.
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Apologies to your dad as shouldn't judge without seeing!
Whereabouts is his chippy please? |
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Ok, sensible reply now.
First important thing is to gently sand off the hard edges, as no treatment is successful otherwise! If the desk is not so big as to be impractical (expensive) I would get some large spray tins of satin black. If it is going to be prohibitively expensive I would get some satin black paint and apply it with a small roller. You can get these quite cheaply from places like Wilkinson's, and they come with a choice of foam, fibre and polyurethane replacement cylinders. |
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Couple of coats of acrylic wood primer as first coat will just sink in to the MDF, a coat of dark undercoat then a coat of black gloss/other.
Light rub down with a soft sandpaper before each coat |
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Turn the desk upside down and practice first where it won't be seen!
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Cheers lads,
What about this? http://www.diy.com/nav/decor/paint/interior-paint/black-grey/one-coat-paints/satin/Ronseal-One-Coat-Melamine-and-MDF-Paint-Black-750ml-9253600 |
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That looks perfect!
Just don't forget that you have to gently sand off the sharp edges as it will be useless otherwise. Best of luck with it! P.s. Any chance of a before and after photo? |
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OK, when I do it (next 2 weeks or so), I'll post pics before and after.
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Treble, you never know!
This could be the start of the resurrection of MFI! |
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.........and, when I talked of trying underneath first, do that anyway to balance the job. otherwise you could have some movement of the pieces.
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Am My desk is an unpainted MDF self built job.
E I want to paint it black. Am No colours any more E I want them to turn black |
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Why not ask your dad?
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black as night? black as coal?
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Black as the Ace Of Spades!
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I wanna see it painted, painted, painted..
PAINT IT BLACK... yeah! |
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Black as the Devil's nutting bag.
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As black as a crow
As black as a raven's wing I thought these up all by myself! As black as a Newgate's knocker As black as ink As black as Hell As black as Hades As black as death As black as the grave As black as your hat As black as thunder As black as midnight As black as pitch As black as soot As black as tar |
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Couple of coats of acrylic primer - non-white would be best...then apply MATT BLACK. Not sure what matt black is, but it's not water based...you need white spirit to clean your brush.
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paint it with Blackboard paint. You can do designs on it then like these.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=blackboard+paint&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=8fOLUbisBYy1PduSgdgI&sqi=2&ved=0CGwQsAQ&biw=1016&bih=621 |