Hello all:
I know the question of how to prep and paint MDF has been covered and covered rather exhaustively. However, I haven't seen a ton of good pictures on prepping the MDF for painting.
I'm painting my RBs right now. I do a coat or so after work and it's taking forever. This is how I did it...
First I used wood filler on all the joints and countersunk screws then sanded it down. Then, I did 3 coats of spray on primer and sanded after2 and 3. Then I sprayed 4 layers of paint, sanding between 2 and 3 and after 4. I'll soon coat it with glossy clearcoat.
The result... it... well... it sucks. I've not done this before and it turned out horrible for the cabinets. However, the baffle looks great. I used a textured paint and satin clearcoat and it's money. But, the cabinets look like junk. The end grain is bumpy and you can see the joints. So, I don't think it's my painting that sucks (because the baffles are great) but it's clearly my prep on multiple pieces joined together.
Could people please post any pictures they have of their technique for sealing/coating their boxes for us newbies that are visual learners?
Thanks in advance for any/all replies.
Oh, and congrats on making through and unnecessarily long post.
Below are images of my progress (almost finished cabinets are not show to spare me the shame):


I know the question of how to prep and paint MDF has been covered and covered rather exhaustively. However, I haven't seen a ton of good pictures on prepping the MDF for painting.
I'm painting my RBs right now. I do a coat or so after work and it's taking forever. This is how I did it...
First I used wood filler on all the joints and countersunk screws then sanded it down. Then, I did 3 coats of spray on primer and sanded after2 and 3. Then I sprayed 4 layers of paint, sanding between 2 and 3 and after 4. I'll soon coat it with glossy clearcoat.
The result... it... well... it sucks. I've not done this before and it turned out horrible for the cabinets. However, the baffle looks great. I used a textured paint and satin clearcoat and it's money. But, the cabinets look like junk. The end grain is bumpy and you can see the joints. So, I don't think it's my painting that sucks (because the baffles are great) but it's clearly my prep on multiple pieces joined together.
Could people please post any pictures they have of their technique for sealing/coating their boxes for us newbies that are visual learners?
Thanks in advance for any/all replies.
Oh, and congrats on making through and unnecessarily long post.
Below are images of my progress (almost finished cabinets are not show to spare me the shame):



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