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Prep for Paint & Stain

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Building Media Center CABINETS

What happens here

Thoroughly sand all assembled cabinet units, drawer faces, and door panels with 120-grit sandpaper (and 220-grit for a smoother finish if desired). Mask off the interior of any cabinets that are not being painted (or will be stained a different color). Apply a coat of all-purpose interior/exterior primer (Kilz 2) to all surfaces to be painted using a Wagner Flexio 3500 paint sprayer. Allow to dry, then lightly sand with 220-grit to knock down any raised grain. Follow with several coats of high-quality paint (Benjamin Moore Advance in Vintage Vogue green) using the sprayer for a smooth, even finish. For the floating shelves, apply a walnut-colored stain (Minwax Gel Stain) and wipe clean, ensuring desired color saturation. Top coat with polyurethane or clear finish for durability.

Goal: Sand all cabinet components, apply primer, spray paint the cabinet units, and stain the floating shelves.

Tools and materials

  • Gloves
  • Paint Can Opener
  • Paint Stirrer
  • Painter's Tape
  • Plastic Sheeting
  • Rags
  • Random Orbital Sander
  • Sandpaper (120-grit
  • 220-grit)
  • Sawhorses
  • Kilz 2 All-Purpose Primer Kilz
  • Minwax Gel Stain (Walnut) Minwax

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i'll have to rebuild these doors so it actually worked out pretty well though it was frustrating and as you can see the glue up went perfectly seamless we're ready to paint everything sanded and dusted off so i'm going to start masking things off so i'm going to mask this off so i can stain not painting the inside of the cabinets i actually really like when the cabinets are more of a natural color all right let's shoot some primer on our project i'm using a general kilt all-purpose interior primer you want to use primer on raw wood prevents it from chipping and not to mention if you don't use primer the amount of paint that you're going to have to use while before it soaks it all in before it stops is obnoxious as far as the sprayer we're going with the wagoner flexio 3500 it's primarily best for fine finishes small projects medium-sized exterior so this is exactly what we're looking for this is where the money's at it's a small pattern perfect for baseboards perfect for furniture minimal amount of overspray hey folks this is advanced from benjamin moore i use this on the trim and the doors in my house it's been like what seven months and it held up perfectly the color is vintage vogue it's the same color that's in the room the bonus or the green really cool irina likes it that means i have to like it as well i'm kidding i like it a lot once you've sanded all your boards down to 220 fantastic then you put primer up great but the thing is all the little fibers on the wood starts rising when they get wet so this is a little coarse we're going to knock it down with about 220 grit really quick nothing crazy with a sander and then we'll put paint on it and that will create a nice clean soft silky smooth finish [Music] so irina mentioned she wants to stain all the wood shelves like a walnut color i'll do a little quick test i'll go show it to her i don't know she's going to like it or not this is walnut and that's exactly how that's going to look i was wanting dark i think it's great you want even darker than that no so you want this i wanted like the walnut no no no no no do you like that where's the green i want to put it against the green no i like it we're done a hundred percent yeah i think it's going okay it's going for a moody look oh okay i like that better not get any of that can i sand it i never sanded the cabinets you know what happened because you're dying inside a little bit i like it you went from liking it to not liking it to now liking it again…

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