| I recently tried using spray satin urethane on some new cabinet doors I made for my kitchen remodel, and I simply could not get as smooth a finish as was on the existing, professionally sprayed cabinets. I was also going through a lot of cans. I bought a quart of the same urethane that I was spraying from cans and tried to brush it on: terrible results. I next tried a really fine nap roller to roll it on: terrible results. I finally used an inexpensive sprayer that I hooked to my compressor and thinned down the urethane with about 15% mineral spirits. After trying at several spray settings, and doing a little sanding between light coats, I finally found that I was able to get a result that was almost indistinguishable from the existing cabinets. An HVLP setup would have produced better results, but I didn't want to spend the 100's of dollars necessary for such a system, and, as sierraeast points out, you need practice. If I had a lot of area to cover, I might invest in an HVLP setup, or farm it out, but I've gotten good enough with my little sprayer that I'm satisfied. And using cans of liquid finish is a lot cheaper than burning through $7 dollar spray cans. Below is a link to the sprayer I used. It looks pretty basic, but it's easy to use and very easy to clean, and you can see that it has quite a few high ratings on Amazon. One last tip: make sure you have a place that's pretty dust-free where the finish can dry. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Critter spray gun
