I have a store bought cherry TV stand (wood and veneer).It has the dark
cherry finish and it has some chips and scratches on the top. Rather than
trying to match the finish I thought I might just coat the top flat black.
This is a formal piece in my living room so I would rather not paint it.Does
anyone Know if there is a stain or other coating I can use?
Len
leonard wrote:
> I have a store bought cherry TV stand (wood and veneer).It has the dark
> cherry finish and it has some chips and scratches on the top. Rather than
> trying to match the finish I thought I might just coat the top flat black.
> This is a formal piece in my living room so I would rather not paint it.Does
> anyone Know if there is a stain or other coating I can use?
Yer jokin' right? Yer not? OK, Sherwin-Williams latex Kid's Room
green, with high-gloss polyurinestain, 3-4 coats over that.
Or you could take the finish off, plane/sand out the dings and shellac
it. Your choice.
Dave in Fairfax
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"leonard" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> I have a store bought cherry TV stand (wood and veneer).It has the
> dark cherry finish and it has some chips and scratches on the top.
> Rather than trying to match the finish I thought I might just coat the
> top flat black. This is a formal piece in my living room so I would
> rather not paint it.Does anyone Know if there is a stain or other
> coating I can use?
>
This is a perfect excuse to purchase a larger TV.
Dave in Fairfax wrote:
>> leonard wrote:
>>> I have a store bought cherry TV stand (wood and veneer).It has the
>>> dark cherry finish and it has some chips and scratches on the top.
>>> Rather than trying to match the finish I thought I might just coat
>>> the top flat black. This is a formal piece in my living room so I
>>> would rather not paint it.Does anyone Know if there is a stain or
>>> other coating I can use?
>>
>> Yer jokin' right? Yer not? OK, Sherwin-Williams latex Kid's Room
>> green, with high-gloss polyurinestain, 3-4 coats over that.
>>
>> Or you could take the finish off, plane/sand out the dings and
>> shellac it. Your choice.
>>
>> Dave in Fairfax
>> --
If the veneer is too thin it may not take planing and sanding very well and
the green paint and polyurethane isn't such a bad idea. I'd go for a
deeper green :).
Josie
leonard wrote:
>> I have a store bought cherry TV stand (wood and veneer).It has the
>> dark cherry finish and it has some chips and scratches on the top.
>> Rather than trying to match the finish I thought I might just coat
>> the top flat black. This is a formal piece in my living room so I
>> would rather not paint it.Does anyone Know if there is a stain or
>> other coating I can use?
>>
>>
>> Len
Paint it flat black, use a couple of coats of black acrylic and then a
couple or 3 coats of flat varnish or as near to flat as you can get. It's
the glossy black paint that looks so wrong.
Josie
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:35:29 -0400, "leonard" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I have a store bought cherry TV stand (wood and veneer).It has the dark
>cherry finish and it has some chips and scratches on the top. Rather than
>trying to match the finish I thought I might just coat the top flat black.
>This is a formal piece in my living room so I would rather not paint it.Does
>anyone Know if there is a stain or other coating I can use?
>
>
>Len
>
In anticipation of future chips and scratches, you might as well just paint the
whole unit flat black.. much more time efficient...
hell, everyone paints cherry, right??
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