Painted Built-ins
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The paint is Sherwin Williams Pro Classic in semigloss. Be careful when applying it is thin and runs easily.
Pro Classics is their trim and door paint. They also have a product in the back called Solo. I've never used it but have heard good things.
Oh sorry, it's water clean up latex I believe
Pro Classics is their trim and door paint. They also have a product in the back called Solo. I've never used it but have heard good things.
Oh sorry, it's water clean up latex I believe
Awesome sheen you got on the top. Sprayed or brushed? I've been using the Kem-aqua plus in white and its amazing how quick and hard it dries. I'm talking like 20 minutes its dry enough to handle. Though that pro-classic is real nice looking also.
Did you buff it at all or were you just able to apply a nice thick coat becuase it was flat and it flowed out nice?
Did you buff it at all or were you just able to apply a nice thick coat becuase it was flat and it flowed out nice?
The homeowners wanted to finish the project themselves so I installed it unfinished in the finished basement.
Two weeks later the husband gets a hold of me. "How much to come spray this?" HA
They had brushed primer and given up.
I sanded it, spent two hours masking and hanging plastic, then sprayed with an airless and an air scrubber. It has two coats nice and thick.
Long story short I sprayed it.
I've never heard of Kem-aqua plus. Any more info about it?
Two weeks later the husband gets a hold of me. "How much to come spray this?" HA
They had brushed primer and given up.
I sanded it, spent two hours masking and hanging plastic, then sprayed with an airless and an air scrubber. It has two coats nice and thick.
Long story short I sprayed it.
I've never heard of Kem-aqua plus. Any more info about it?
builderbob
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Awebster said:
Kem-Aqua is a Sherwin product. It's basically a waterborne lacquer. It's really nice to work with. You can get pigmented or clear. Like already mentioned, you can handle/recoat fast!
Great looking work.
Rule # 1 for all home owners. Never try to finish ( paint ) a built in piece like this. Spend the xtra $$ and make the piece look like a million bucks like this one does..
very nice job like the finish details and profiles that you added
Rule # 1 for all home owners. Never try to finish ( paint ) a built in piece like this. Spend the xtra $$ and make the piece look like a million bucks like this one does..
very nice job like the finish details and profiles that you added
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Absolutely beautiful work!
Just out of curiosity did you have to contend with the carpet already in place or was it carpeted after the fact? If the carpet was already in place did you remove what would have been covered by the footprint of the built-in or did you set it on top of the existing carpet?
Again, very nice piece!
Regards,
Nick
Just out of curiosity did you have to contend with the carpet already in place or was it carpeted after the fact? If the carpet was already in place did you remove what would have been covered by the footprint of the built-in or did you set it on top of the existing carpet?
Again, very nice piece!
Regards,
Nick
Edward A Reno III said:
My sprayer is a Titan 440. It's a great little sprayer, I love it. I've done entire basements down to cabinet doors. You have to be spraying quite a bit to make it worth getting the sprayer out. It holds 1/3-1/2 gallon of product, and you have to clean it well after use.
Bell 407 said:
Thanks Nick.
This project is the completion of a basement finish. We waited two years after the basement so they could get the monies together for the piece. The carpet was down, and I didn't mess with it. This was fine until I had to spray down there. I spent a lot of time hanging plastic and masking before spraying. I also put a large fan inside the "tent" with furnace filters on each side, kind of an air scrubber, it worked very well.
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