Re-Finished panels

[JCLP]

A few months ago a client asked me to take their master bathroom vanity which had an ugly stain job on it and make it match their kitchen island. I removed the doors and panels, sanded them and started the re-finishing process. The drawers and doors had to be pushed to open that is why there are no holes on the drawer fronts.
I sanded them down, then mixed brown mahogany stain with General Finishes High performance poly and applied 2 coats. Then applied 2 clear coats of poly then sanded with 600 grit paper to get rid of the orange peeling and applied the final coat of poly. Turned out great. Client is happy so far. Now to install them with new hardware.
Thought I would share.

 

[ear3]

That is a stunningly even finish.  What is the wood?

 

[tjbnwi]

Very nice J.C.

Tom

 

[JCLP]

That is a stunningly even finish.  What is the wood?

Thank you. The wood is hard maple.

 

[JCLP]

Very nice J.C.

Tom

Thanks Tom. Could not have done it without your help on how to spray.

 

[Brian Livingstone]

Wow !  That is a nice finish job. 

Please tell me what you use for equipment to spray with.  I am buying whatever you are using !

Thanks.

Brian

Fall River, Nova Scotia, Canada

 

[JCLP]

Wow !  That is a nice finish job. 

Please tell me what you use for equipment to spray with.  I am buying whatever you are using !

Thanks.

Brian

Fall River, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hi Brian. Thank you for the compliment. The stain that I used was General Finishes Water Based Brown Mahogany and the top coat was General Finishes High Performance Polyurethane Water based topcoat. I used the Earlex 5500 HVLP spray station with a 1.5mm needle. This is the same unit that is used in General Finishes's how to video's. I figured it if was good enough for them, it was good enough for me. Took a bit of practice though. The stain was mixed 50/50 with the poly and then I added 10% water to make it flow better. 2 coats of stain 3 coats of poly. No sanding till the second coat of poly. I used Festool foam backed 600 grit paper.
Cheers,
JC

 

[cperren]

Very nice- Thanks for sharing the details.  I have learned a lot from your posts.

 

[Billedis]

That is a beautiful finish.  Thanks for sharing.  Bill

 

[nclemmons]

Excellent job on a really uniform finish.

 

[webpp]

Wow !  That is a nice finish job. 

Please tell me what you use for equipment to spray with.  I am buying whatever you are using !

Thanks.

Brian

Fall River, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hi Brian. Thank you for the compliment. The stain that I used was General Finishes Water Based Brown Mahogany and the top coat was General Finishes High Performance Polyurethane Water based topcoat. I used the Earlex 5500 HVLP spray station with a 1.5mm needle. This is the same unit that is used in General Finishes's how to video's. I figured it if was good enough for them, it was good enough for me. Took a bit of practice though. The stain was mixed 50/50 with the poly and then I added 10% water to make it flow better. 2 coats of stain 3 coats of poly. No sanding till the second coat of poly. I used Festool foam backed 600 grit paper.
Cheers,
JC

I, too, learned a lot from your post. Thanks so much for sharing.

I also have the Earlex 5500, and I never knew we can mix General Finishes water stain with its High Performance finish 50/50 and fire it out of the Earlex HVLP. The result looks fabulous!

Tell me, what sheen of High Performance did you use? Gloss, semi-gloss or satin?

 

[JCLP]

I used a Satin finish. I have recently exprimented with the 1mm needle for the 5500 and it works great. The coats go on thinner, but they dry faster.

JC

 

[rnt80]

Nice job, they turned out great.  I'm sure your customers will be thrilled.

 

[Lbob131]

Very nice.

 

[webpp]

I used a Satin finish. I have recently exprimented with the 1mm needle for the 5500 and it works great. The coats go on thinner, but they dry faster.

JC

Excellent, I have all three needles for the Earlex 5500.

Tell me JC, what's your mixing procedure of the 50/50 water stain and the High performance mix? Do you simply put 50% water based stain in the Earlex container then add 50% High Performance finish and stir them together and add 10% water? In other words don't you get any bubbles forming?

Also, once you spray the stain, do you wipe it off or leave it to dry as is?

Thanks once again for your valuable information and time.