On May 23, 12:35 pm, Jay Chan <[email protected]> wrote:
> I used cans of semi-gloss oil based spray paint to spray the finish
> coat on a book case. The surface was very smooth before I sprayed.
> But the sprayed surface was very rough after spraying. Seem like
> spray paint droplets might have combined together in mid air before
> landing on the surface. I used 400 grit sand paper to easily sand out
> the rough surface. Now the surface is flat instead of semi gloss
> after the sanding. My questions are:
>
> 1. How should I prevent this problem from happening again?
>
> 2. How should I put back the shine on the surface to something like
> semi gloss?
>
> 3. How should I put a protective coating on the "flat" surface to
> allow me to clean the surface easily?
>
> Thanks in advance for any info.
>
> Jay Chan
What is the source of the roughness? Paint fragments or small
wood fibers that popped up from the surface?
You may well have "raised the grain"- caused such small fibers
that remain after sanding to stand proud after getting wet.
Were that so, I'd be sure to use a cabinet scraper (rather than
any sander) prior to sealing and between subsequent coats.
Can easily pass the "baby's bottom" test, doing that, with
On May 23, 1:57 pm, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> I wish you google-groups posters would migrate to a decent news reader -
> then we wouldn't get these replicated posts.
Google Groups wasn't working right yesterday, after posting it would
say there was an error posting the message (hence folk hitting submit
multiple times)
This is the first issue I've had with it and overall it makes for a
good interface to usenet.
[email protected] wrote:
I wish you google-groups posters would migrate to a decent news reader -
then we wouldn't get these replicated posts.