Making Display Plinths - MDF Painting Tips (Part 3 of 3)
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- I'm making a bunch of display pedestals for an exhibition and it's time to paint the MDF! A lot of people are scared of painting MDF but it's really nothing to worry about - I'll be walking you through what I do in this vid. Please note that for these plinths the top surface will be entirely covered by what's on it... but no, you can't see the joins between the pieces and these look utterly awesome. Watch parts 1 & 2 to see what happened before this:
Part 1 - Building the boxes: • I'm Making White MDF D...
Part 2 - Preparing for paint: • Making Display Plinths...
Part 3 - Painting: • Making Display Plinths...
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Nice work Andy. You made a lot of those pedestals so I appreciate the time you devoted to making this video series. Thank you.
Cheers - I need to stop talking about painting MDF. 😂
Excellent Andy, very comprehensive step by step tutorial, I think there will be a lot of old furniture across the Uk being painted because of you. Thank you for sharing 👍😄
Gary Thomson Joinery cheers Gary! Hopefully a bit less will end up in landfill! 😂👍
Came back to this video as I am about to make a plinth. Great instruction. Thanks Andy
Thanks man for enlightening about MR MDF and Standard MDF. Been searching for that long time, now I know what to buy for kitchen and bathroom.
Again thanks man.
bongie67 no worries! 👍
Gosforth Handyman. I agree Andy. I have a compressor and spray gun and when it came time to paint a steel shelve it was just easier to use a roller. Awesome videos. keep them coming with the commentary. 👍
Cheers bud! 👍🛠
Thanks. I’m about to start making some plinths and this was handy. I’m doing mine on a CNC and spraying them.
Always good to watch your videos Andy, and good advice too 👍👍👍
Cheers Nick! 👍🛠😀
Good job! It's worth noting that the lighting in the space where the plinths will be used is going to be bright, and any flaws will show up. Thanks for showing the best practices for a perfect finish.
Indeed. I always have extra lights on in my shop when I'm finishing for that very reason. 👍
Great video. very informative. very easy to follow. Thanks man!
Cheers Andy, always handy watching paint videos, followed you advise on some shop furniture I was making, went well, never had to paint my work before but was great finish :)
Great stuff! 👍
Good Work 💯🎯
Good stuff. Had to laugh at 10:27 "Look at how gently I'm holding the roller"... cue the sexy music. Haha I thought the video had switched to something naughty! Cheers.
Ahh... you've planted the seed now!! 😂😂 Erm... so to speak.
The music in this series made me want to roll a joint and just relax watching that paint dry..
Hello Gosforth, great video's, very informative, my way of dealing with end grain MDF is using Wickes water based hard wearing satin varnish to prime raw edges, once dry a rub
down with a worn flexible sanding block brings it up smooth and then just prime/undercoat, and no rough edge just a nice smooth surface to paint. I also knock my corners down with a small 45 degree bearing router bit to 2 -3 mm which leaves no faint line to try to cover, it's worked perfectly for years for me, I hope this proves helpful and they are only tips ,we all have our own ways, as l said great video's thanks Hainault Steve.
Stephen ladlow cheers! Client wanted sharp edges on these otherwise would have done the same. 👍
Nice work Andy! Btw, can I apply clear spray after final coat?
Hi Andy, sorry to bring up an old video - I've just run back in your library to get some MDF painting advice, i've put up a full sheet in my garage to make a "tool wall" and i've painted it white (just primer so far) and already i've noticed a hand mark before i've even started loading it up. Does polyurethane over painted MDF make it a lot more durable? Or do you have any other advice?
Cheers,
Dan
Hi, found your channel recently and subscribed. Not tried painting MDF yet or ply, but noted you favour ply over MDF for durability and strength. So I wondered about the relative quality of a painted surface using MDF vs ply as a base? Any views? Presumably it's all down to quality of sealing/priming, de-nibbing, building multiple coats etc rather than the base - albeit ply has more grain to disguise on surface (not end grain) than MDF.
I know in auto trade that body shops make extensive use of fine polishing compounds (various grades up to ultra fine) and mechanical orbital rotary polishing tools to achieve a high gloss level. Do you know if the same approach would yield a really fine smooth, ultra gloss, look on painted MDF or ply panels?
Hi Andy, luv your vids, they make for very good learning - but who is your assistant who does the camera work while your painting or doing what you do ?
Any tips at making round ones for people to stand on, on stage?
What type of roller did you use?
Sponge or wool?
Andy after a lot of years only way mate is you get a wonder wipe on the edge of the pot and clean the lid as soon as you open new tin and as soon as you have finished every time you get new paint out. Works for me and I use gloss, satin, multi finish, all sorts and store in my van and all come out good. Amazon has 5x 300 wonder wipe pots for £45 and worth every penny.
Great tip! 👍
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Nice one Andy... 11:54 "I'm being a total fanny here" .... ha ha . Cheers Paul
paultay23 😂👍
Would it be doable or worth it to miter the top and bottom parts too? No end grain to contend with then
just a heads up the leyland quick dry gloss is on offer at toolstation for £19.59 for 2.5L
Cool - think it's on offer at Screwfix too, seem to remember getting an e-mail about it! 👍
Perfect . You are also good
Nice video as always Andy. Do you use your Festool folding rule much? Very old school I know but I find I use mine at least once a day even on building site work. Always carry one in a long pocket in my Snicker jeans (probably meant for a screwdriver). Dead handy.
To be honest I always forget I have it! I need to keep it in my toolbox but I've run out of space - need to do a toolbox clearout... might do a vid on that. 😂
Great stuff GH, you should make a small bench turntable to more easily maneuver objects to be painted. Just a thought. Thanks for great vids!
The trouble is getting them off the turntable once they're all painted - I'd need lots of turntables. I've got one though... somewhere. 👍😀
@@GosforthHandyman LOL, just a thought, great vids! great tips!
Really great video. You obviously prepare and your accent is very calming. Proper up t’north where’s I’m from the Midlands (which everyone told me when I went to Bristol Uni was “up north” lol 😆)
10minuteworkshop put me on to you. If I get time I’ll try your podcast with my Bluetooth ear defenders when I’m woodworking. But honestly I prefer videos.
Lovely video. Just how youtube tutorials videos should be. It’s a model for great videos. 👏👏
Just one final thought, do you ever spray? If so, does they Leyland spray well?
Thanks for the kind words! 👍😀
Hi Andy great videos you and Peter have got me back into woodwork after 40 odd years. Just one thing when you say you get a smooth finish with a roller, you mean you can’t even see a fine sort of orange peel effect as I do. Any chance of a extreme close up of your work just to get hang of what I should expect. thanks John
Don't get me wrong, you'll struggle to get it as good as a sprayed finish... but you can get it pretty close, especially if you lay it off 30s or so after applying the paint. You can push it further with additives too to slow down the drying. I'll pop some closeups on my Instagram. 👍
Gosforth Handyman Thanks for the response. Once I know what to expect I will be happy. Maybe you should sell little 100mm square samples of your work. Peter may be up for this also. j
have you tried johnstones aqua range best water based paints I have ever used. the best one than replicates oil with flow and definitely has the best open time.
I've got some but haven't had a chance to try it yet! 👍
Hy Sir,
I'm painting my front door with zinseer exterior paint which I believe is a satin finish. What's the best type of roller would you say for a ultra finr finish?
I've always had great results with HD foam rollers! 👍
Gosforth Handyman thanks for both answers. Gate castor wheel and paint rollers.
Good luck with your future vids.
Great Videos Andy! I'm working on my MFA in photography and my work is very object oriented. At this point I see myself building 12-15 of these in various sizes for my thesis show next year. I'm contemplating leaving the bottoms off so that I can transport them inside of one another. For larger ones I would maybe use a cross beam and a use sandbag for stability. Do you see any pitfalls in this plan? Also I would love any advice on transporting them safely. I'm guessing you bubble wrapped these prior to transport? Did you have any corner protectors?
Sounds good to me! They're quite heavy so anything to reduce weight is probably good. Yup, just bubble-wrapped to transport. I didn't bother with corner protectors since it was always me handling them so I was just really careful. 👍
Have you ever had a dabble in spraying?
As it's fast drying paint Andy, how do you store the paint in the tray and roller during the coats? Is the old carrier bag tick safe?
Yup - that still seems to work, although I wouldn't leave it overnight. 👍
Thanks Andy, wouldn't leave it overnight.
Old tights ( the wife's, not mine ! ) used to work as paint strainers for me with the old solvent-based finishes. Not fishnet of course...
Top tip! 👍
Clean ones?
Hi Andy, what is the brand of mdf? I was thinking of using a proper timber supplier and get Medite brand or similar rather than what the diy stores sell, is it worth the extra cost for my own use. Terry
This is Trupan and the non-MR stuff is really nice. The main advantage of using a brand is that they're more predictable. Medite is great. Stuff from DIY stores can sometimes be good... and sometimes less so. For your own use it will probably be absolutely fine. Report back and let us know! 👍
Gosforth Handyman good point on quality being consistent thanks for the info.
I can't say for mdf but mr chipboard the only difference over a standard chipboard is that more resin is added to the glue. Putting too much in leads to other problems I worked at the big smoke stack in Hexham making cupboard before coming to oz..
That's really interesting! Can I get a tour of the cloud factory? (what we tell the kids!) 👍😀
Gosforth Handyman not sure on the policy these days. Perhaps if you ask as part of your channel educational vid.
Very interesting series. I learned a lot. Now I need MDF. I've never seen it here, though. It's easier to buy an elephant.
Cool! Where abouts are you?
In Slovakia (eastern part of former Czechoslovakia)
I know that some carpenters use MDF for kitchen cabinet doors but I have no idea where they buy it.
Elephants are at least in the Zoo.
Interesting! I know a lot of what we use here gets imported from Chile etc. 👍
That's interesting. From Chile the MDF (SMR) goes by boat to England. No sea in Slovakia so for that
transport only by lorries or smaller ships. (if)
For hardboard and particle board (both raw or with melamine) are/were factories in Slovakia.
OSB is often made in Germany (sometimes from Czech wood) I need to learn a lot more about MDF
I *think* Medite MDF is made in Ireland - don't hold me to that...
nice job. did you end up painting the bottoms of the cubes?
No - they're all numbered and a lot had open bottoms (for various reasons). 👍
(I did prime the underside edges though)
ahh ok thanks
Some sound advice in there, cheers, mate 👍
Have you primed and finished painting them all?
Bloody big job for one lone little roller.
Yup - all done and dusted! Need a break from painting stuff now. 😂👍
Gosforth Handyman mammoth effort, man. Hat's off to you.
Cheers bud! 👍
Great vid. Do you reuse the rollers or not bother?
Matthew Whitley oh I reuse them until they fall to bits as long as they're not damaged! 😀 👍
Gosforth Handyman Toolstation have the rota ones for a little bit cheaper than the Amazon ones although you don't get the handle!
Gosforth Handyman I also reuse my rollers and wash the roller handles too. The excess could possibly fall onto your nice work. I noted that you had a surplus of paint buildup on yours. 😀☺
I still don't get it why they would not put paint into a pour out container, something like a 5lt plastic container.
Genius idea! 👍👍
Brilliant video mate... not a bad finish with a roller ... great advice aswell.... I would however disagree with the spraying comment.. as im a small one man band that sprays all my painted items... and it's a lot quicker and better finish than brush and roller... 😁😁 sorry just had to say that.. lol keep them coming and i look forward to the video of the 8m bench thing you made...
Lowes joinery and spray painting specialist cheers! Do you have a dedicated space for spraying? I'd love a finishing room! I more meant it wouldn't be practical for a temporary setup unless you're doing a lot. 😀👍
Do you ship to the unite states?
What for?
Gosforth Handyman these boxes that you made
Ah, no sorry - the shipping would cost way more than the boxes! 😀👍
Paint is typically ready for a second coat ONLY after 6 to 12 hours, and some require 24 hours.
Just because it's "dry to the touch" does NOT mean the paint is dry and ready for another coat.
And it only takes you 30 seconds max to know how long you need to wait, it's on the pot ...
The specs of the primer is 1-2 hours and 6 hrs for the gloss. The manufacturers have to give a generic figure to cater for a vast range of humidities and climates. This gloss is touch dry in 10-20 mins and with experience I know it's fine to re-coat after a few hours.
A lazy susan would help with painting small items .
Michael Evans I'd need 50 of them to do this batch! 😀
Whats going on with the porn music? ;) I was wondering when the plumber was going to arrive...
I've got much porn-ier music than that in my collection! 😂
OMG he said vagina!
wforl it just gets under my curse radar... so to speak. 😀