Using 1/8" dark brown hardboard as drawer bottom for very small
drawers with little load..color is too dark(brown)..can you paint
hardboard and will it stick to the slick surface? Assume a slight
sanding to rough the surface and enamel paint will work..anyone tried
this?

cc wrote:
Using 1/8" dark brown hardboard as drawer bottom for very small
drawers with little load..color is too dark(brown)..can you paint
hardboard and will it stick to the slick surface? Assume a slight
sanding to rough the surface and enamel paint will work..anyone tried
this?


I'd use low cost, prefinished paneling.

Hard board will soak up a ton of paint and still look like crap.

Lew

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Using 1/8" dark brown hardboard as drawer bottom for very small
drawers with little load..color is too dark(brown)..can you paint
hardboard and will it stick to the slick surface? Assume a slight
sanding to rough the surface and enamel paint will work..anyone tried
this?


Yes you can paint the hardboard. My grand mother and brother in-law do
paintings on hardboard/Masonite, the smooth hardboards woul probably be the
easiest to paint and keep clean.

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
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cc wrote:
Using 1/8" dark brown hardboard as drawer bottom for very small
drawers with little load..color is too dark(brown)..can you paint
hardboard and will it stick to the slick surface? Assume a slight
sanding to rough the surface and enamel paint will work..anyone tried
this?


I'd use low cost, prefinished paneling.

Hard board will soak up a ton of paint and still look like crap.

Actually, artists use Masonite/hardboard to paint on, the smooth side.

Leon wrote:

Actually, artists use Masonite/hardboard to paint on, the smooth side.


An artist's rendition might look neat on a drawer bottom, but wouldn't
expect it to wear very well.

Think I'll stick with the prefinished panel.

Lew

We restore vintage travel trailers and some of our work has been done on
trailers from the thirties and forties which were originally skinned in
masonite and painted. We just prime and paint the replacement masonite. No
sanding required. The trailer on my home webpage is skinned in masonite with
a canvas covered roof! Check it out here. www.vintagetrailersforsale.com

Good luck,

cm

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Using 1/8" dark brown hardboard as drawer bottom for very small
drawers with little load..color is too dark(brown)..can you paint
hardboard and will it stick to the slick surface? Assume a slight
sanding to rough the surface and enamel paint will work..anyone tried
this?

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Using 1/8" dark brown hardboard as drawer bottom for very small
drawers with little load..color is too dark(brown)..can you paint
hardboard and will it stick to the slick surface? Assume a slight
sanding to rough the surface and enamel paint will work..anyone tried
this?


I've done it... In fact the paint was a little wet the next day at the
train show. ;-)

Some materials you can get away with not priming before you paint, but
definately prime the hardboard. If your primer's naturally thicker, that
may be a good thing. (Don't apply a thick coat, that has a tendency to
chip and flake.)

I put two coats of white primer on the hardboard before I felt it was
ready for the sky blue. Remember, it's easier to go light to dark than
dark to light.

Puckdropper
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Leon wrote:

Actually, artists use Masonite/hardboard to paint on, the smooth side.


An artist's rendition might look neat on a drawer bottom, but wouldn't
expect it to wear very well.

Think I'll stick with the prefinished panel.

Lew



But what a treat and surprise when you looked inside the drawer. LOL