On Jan 23, 7:45*am, "dadiOH" wrote:
Searcher7wrote:
On Dec 22 2012, 10:18 am, "Pat" wrote:
It depends on the filler I guess but most anything that adheres
decently could be used. Even drywall mud. Yes, drywall mud. I can
think of nothing that sands any easier.
I have used mud on a couple of projects and it worked well.
Ok, I tried the mud first. But I don't think it works well. After
sanding following the first coat it seemed I was back where I started.
Am I sanding too much off?
First coat of what? *Filler? *Paint?
If filler, you don't make multiple coats...you smear on a coat of sufficient
thickness with a spatula or broad knife, let it dry and sand off excess
using nothing coarser than #150 sand paper, finer is better.
If paint; what kind? *Oil? *Water?
If oil, then you are sanding off too much and/or using too coarse a grit.
If water, then you are a masochist...water base acrylic paint doesn't sand,
it tears and balls up into a mess. *OK, you *can* wet sand it with better
results but doing so is still masochistic. *Even if you *could* sand water
base acrylic, doing so would tend to remove filler if you removed much paint
as the filler is water soluble and will have melded with the paint.
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dadiOH
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Ok, let me back track.
I primed a particle board surface after I removed the adhesive vinyl
and sanded the surface. This is what I got:
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...ts/Primed2.jpg
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...ts/Primed1.jpg
The inconsistency is obviously due to me alternating between using the
heat gun and pulling the vinyl off.
Even sanding afterwards didn't help even the surface:
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...dingPrimer.jpg
So I tried drywall mud as per advice here, but I still didn't get the
consistent surface and now I might just try priming again before
tryign some latex paint in opes it fills in enough to make the surface
smooth.
Thanks.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.