Mark Rios
04-12-2006, 10:21 PM
This is my first time in the finishing forum here in the Creek so please be gentle. :D
I just completed a kitchen cabinet job yesterday. The cabs are made of white oak for the outside ply, the doors (inset panel), and the face frame. The inside material is birch ply. The painter (I don't finish very well at all so if any finishing that needs to be done I tell the customer that a painter/finishing contractor would need to be hired for the project) put a clear sandable sealer and then a clear lacquer finish on the cabinets. He used his sprayer.
Today the customer asked me to trim out the kitchen window with matching oak. My question is this: Can I brush on a lacquer finish on the trim and get it to match the cabs? Or do I need to get a couple of cans of lacquer and spray it? Is there a particular brand that is easier/more reliable to apply?
The only kind of finish that I've had any real experience with (not that much really) is brush on poly. I'm not familiar with lacquer at all.
Any help and/or advice with type of material, application, sanding/prep is greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.
I just completed a kitchen cabinet job yesterday. The cabs are made of white oak for the outside ply, the doors (inset panel), and the face frame. The inside material is birch ply. The painter (I don't finish very well at all so if any finishing that needs to be done I tell the customer that a painter/finishing contractor would need to be hired for the project) put a clear sandable sealer and then a clear lacquer finish on the cabinets. He used his sprayer.
Today the customer asked me to trim out the kitchen window with matching oak. My question is this: Can I brush on a lacquer finish on the trim and get it to match the cabs? Or do I need to get a couple of cans of lacquer and spray it? Is there a particular brand that is easier/more reliable to apply?
The only kind of finish that I've had any real experience with (not that much really) is brush on poly. I'm not familiar with lacquer at all.
Any help and/or advice with type of material, application, sanding/prep is greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.