12mm MDF, I need it to be a really perfect Gloss White finish. Can it be painted successfully? Or perhaps an adhesive coating, like Fablon?

I want a proper job!

Any ideas?

 

i dunno how well fablon will stick to MDF

best off primer and spraying white IMO

 

Maybe an adhesive coating like PVA.

The paint will probably soak a little into bare mdf, so you probably wouldn't get a good finish without umpteen layers...

 

I have a good friend that is a proper painter and he has said he is happy to have a go, but I want to be sure that we can get a good finish.

I was wondering what they use on Gloss Kitchen Cupboard doors? They are MDF and have a high gloss finish sometimes.

 

spray or roller i would have thought. can you paint it with it flat rather than vertical?

 

Yes, it can be removed for painting. I really do want a very perfect finish, ideally laquered too. I reckon I will give it to my mate to give it a go, I just don't really want to have to remake it if he fucks it up.

 

cupbourd doors are laminate arnt they?

what is it you want to paint/colour?

 

All the cupboard doors i've seen are chipboard with a laminate. I've used MDF in the past for boxing-in pipe and painted it with normal primer and gloss or satinwood, but u never get an excellent finish because the surface isn't great to start with, it's a bit like painting cardboard. The other problem with it seems to be dust sort of settles on the boxing-in after a while and get's into the rough finish, and wont come off properly! Then it looks a bit of a state

 

http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-i-go-...inting-mdf.htm

 

Yes you can get a good gloss finish, but takes alot of prep to get it like that.

 

i made a radiator cover (cus they didn't make one deep enough) out of mdf, painted it with a couple of coats of gloss, sanded it back and sprayed it with halfords spray paint, and is super shiney

 

thats the way to do it...

dont have to gloss though before you paint as gloss is a bsterd to harden quickly

 

dunno, but i would ask them on avforums in the diy section

 

when i was in school i used a mdf primer before painting it with gloss because it kept soaking in, this was a fair few years ago though so maybe paint technology has moved on.

 

It can be sprayed mate but it will be a pain as it will soak, prime it reasonably heavy first and then flat it and it should be good.

 

PVA glue, 3part water 1part PVA i THINK soaks it up completley, then primer should go on nicely...

p.s. you wont get gloss without a thick undercoat, mdf just soaks stuff up!

 

yes your mate proberly can do it christian
the key is to make sure any prep work is not done in the same rom as painting, and to make sure when painting it is in a complete dust free room.
remind him to knock up a bit of swedish putty for all the open edges, and its always a good idea to coat in an mdf sealer first ( just saves on a few coats of paint and it much thinner than pva glue )
and tag rag everything down between wet sanding and coating

 

You need to buy an mdf primer to start (unless you know what the correct mix is) if you don't use one, the paint will not stick and 'birdseye'.

I would then spray it if the finish has to be perfectly flat and smooth.

 

Kitchen doors and panels used in high gloss are vinyl wrapped how big an area do you need as i can get it from work.

Steve

PS painting it aint a long term success a m8 painted his in 2 pack after a lot of prep and after a while it peeled of in big lumps

 

Thats what worries me, I want it to look good when its done and still look good in 5 years.

I have 2 flat panels to do, one is 2 metres long by 550 high, the other is 1 metre long by 550 high.

Whats involved? Does it just stick on? Or is it heated?

 

Painting MDF is a pain in the arse.. like most wood tbh

Shame your not closer, Id have done it for a small fee

 

the stuff we use is on 18mm board already finished m8, can get a price if you want.
Steve