Any ideas?
I need, or would like to use, a white finish that can be sprayed on wood. I have several automotive sprayers of various types from siphon to gravity fed. I’m not very good at using those Wagner sprayers (not very fine control) but competant enough to spray paint on a car/truck/dozer.
Anyone know what mass furniture manufacturers use on painted furniture that seems to be a hard enamel? You see it on almost all white furniture in big stores.
Is there a white semi-gloss laquer or poly that can be sprayed with a HVLP?
Can you spray single stage automotive paint on furniture?
Who makes these finishes and where can I find them?
The project is a baby crib and the part being sprayed is all the slats on the front and back. The ends are hardwoods…its a retro thing my better half wants. The top and bottom rungs and all the slats will be assembled before finishing. The gaps in between are less and 2″ and painting with a brush would be a pain. I prefer spraying since its difficult to get an extremely smooth finish using a brush to paint latex enamel.
Thanks for any help
Semper Fidelis
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Don't know about availability in your area but I just tried a white pre-catalyzed lacquer in a 35 degree gloss and was very satisifed with the result. Sprayed it with HVLP. I've used white nitrocellulose lacquer in the past but will switch to the pre-cat for future needs.
Jon
Crystalac makes a white and black water based spray on product for painted surfaces like piano's, etc.... Great for what you're doing. It's ready to spray right out of the can with a good hvlp system. Available online at many places, including McFeeley's.
Walnutz
I believe that Target Coatings USL comes in white.
Alan & Lynette Mikkelsen, Mountain View Farm, est. 1934, Gardens & Fine Woodworking, St. Ignatius, MT
I would go with the pre-cat lacquer suggestion, personally. When my oldest (now 19) was born I painted a dresser/changing table contraption with a white satin nitro lacquer and was very happy with it. Pre-cat is a more durable finish, though. The dresser looked like hell after a few years, in large part because nitro really isn't a very durable finish. It sure is easy to spray, though.
Single-stage paints certainly can be painted on wood. You'd need an appropriate primer/surfacer (preferably 2K for good adhesion). But I'd be hesitant to use it on something a child will likely be trying to gnaw on at some point.
An enamel would work too. Much more durable than even pre-cat lacquer. But it also takes significantly longer to cure out too. Probably about comparable to lacquers in terms of toxicity, which is to say it's fairly mild compared to single stage automotive/industrial paint.
Come to think of it... perhaps toxicity is the more important factor here. I'd guess that water-based poly would be roughly comparable. I don't really know. But of these choices I would say that the pre-cat is going to be the easiest to achieve a good looking paint job with.
Thanks for the help, I'm not a big fan of painted furniture but I'm not the one in charge here. I'll give the Crystalac a shot and see how it turns out.
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