Hello everyone,

I feel like I'm here all the time, whether it be lurking or asking
questions. This is a great place to get help.

We have some built-in bookshelves/desk/cabinet in our study. The builders
put them in because this was one of their models. They're built with
pressboard/particle board, so they have to be painted. Right now they're
dark brown, but it's chipping badly, so we want to repaint them.

What kind of paint should we use and what prep work should be done, if any,
besides cleaning and sanding any rough spots? We want a paint that will
last a good time because our house will go back on the market early next
year and it has to look nice. Can we just use regular wall paint?

I would ask at a paint store here but even the good ones seem to have morons
working there.

Thanks a lot for any advice,

Dawn

What I did recently in my kitchen is use a good quality primer and two top
coats of a latex acrylic enamel. It dries to a harder finish than latex wall
paint. I applied the paint with a brush and a foam roller. Good luck.




"Dawn" wrote in message
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Hello everyone,

I feel like I'm here all the time, whether it be lurking or asking
questions. This is a great place to get help.

We have some built-in bookshelves/desk/cabinet in our study. The builders
put them in because this was one of their models. They're built with
pressboard/particle board, so they have to be painted. Right now they're
dark brown, but it's chipping badly, so we want to repaint them.

What kind of paint should we use and what prep work should be done, if
any, besides cleaning and sanding any rough spots? We want a paint that
will last a good time because our house will go back on the market early
next year and it has to look nice. Can we just use regular wall paint?

I would ask at a paint store here but even the good ones seem to have
morons working there.

Thanks a lot for any advice,

Dawn

Dawn spake thus:

What kind of paint should we use and what prep work should be done, if any,
besides cleaning and sanding any rough spots? We want a paint that will
last a good time because our house will go back on the market early next
year and it has to look nice. Can we just use regular wall paint?

So far as paint goes, I'd use old-fashioned oil-based paint--if I could
find any. This may be off the market where you are.

Otherwise, use the best-quality "enamel" (meaning gloss or semi-gloss
paint) you can find. The other poster's suggestion about using acrylic
as opposed to latex was probably a good one.

Another candidate would be porch & floor paint, if you can find it in a
color you like.


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On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:33:13 -0700, "Dawn"
wrote:

Hello everyone,

I feel like I'm here all the time, whether it be lurking or asking
questions. This is a great place to get help.

We have some built-in bookshelves/desk/cabinet in our study. The builders
put them in because this was one of their models. They're built with
pressboard/particle board, so they have to be painted. Right now they're
dark brown, but it's chipping badly, so we want to repaint them.

What kind of paint should we use and what prep work should be done, if any,
besides cleaning and sanding any rough spots? We want a paint that will
last a good time because our house will go back on the market early next
year and it has to look nice.

Any properly done paint job should last for 10 years and more.

Unless you or your family have an unusually combative relationship
with your furniture. In which case, you might consider painting the
week before it goes on the market.

Can we just use regular wall paint?

I don't think that would look good. It would make it look like a wall
instead of like furniture.

I would ask at a paint store here but even the good ones seem to have morons
working there.

Thanks a lot for any advice,

Dawn