u/WelshDavid2

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Issues Painting Furniture

Decided it was the right choice to paint some ikea cabinets as part of a wet bar. Did all of the research I could, sanded down all parts of the cabinet, primed with Bin Primer with two coats, however at the end of each coat I committed what I now believe was mistake one:

- I used 220 sandpaper on an orbital sander as oppose to lightly by hand.

I then sprayed them each with three coats of the same paint I had bought for the room, thinking my previous steps were good, committing what I now believe is my second error:

I used Sherman Williams Interior Acrylic Latex (SuperPaint)

Six weeks later, the paint still feels ever so slightly tacky, and anytime a bottle of similar is place on a shelf for a short time it sticks a little. The paint is still fairly easy to scratch off, and when it does, is still a little rubbery.

I am indeed, screwed yes? And will have no choice but to completely remove, disassemble, scrap, sand and repaint again, right?

Or is there something else I can do to save this disaster?

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u/WelshDavid2 — 15 hours ago

IKEA furniture - I’m screwed, right?

Decided it was the right choice to paint some ikea cabinets as part of a wet bar. Did all of the research I could, sanded down all parts of the cabinet, primed with Bin Primer with two coats, however at the end of each coat I committed what I now believe was mistake one:

\- I used 220 sandpaper on an orbital sander as oppose to lightly by hand.

I then sprayed them each with three coats of the same paint I had bought for the room, thinking my previous steps were good, committing what I now believe is my second error:

\- I used Sherman Williams Interior Acrylic Latex (SuperPaint)

Six weeks later, the paint still feels ever so slightly tacky, and anytime a bottle of similar is place on a shelf for a short time it sticks a little. The paint is still fairly easy to scratch off, and when it does, is still a little rubbery.

I am indeed, screwed yes? And will have no choice but to completely remove, disassemble, scrap, sand and repaint again, right?

Or is there something else I can do to save this disaster?

reddit.com
u/WelshDavid2 — 1 day ago