High Gloss Wardrobe Doors

Flesh Gorden

Anyone know how they get the paint on those High Gloss Wardrobe Doors so perfect?

I want to make a few units for the bedroom - high gloss black



I know the doors are only MDF - but are the paints Enamel or 2-Pack Urethane?

Are they're any special methods involved?



Ive tried Acrylic paint - but could never get the same kind of depth

the place I worked before only made more classical oak and pine faced shaker style kitchen doors - so Ive always been curious



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SpitfireIV

Surely its nothing that a few coats of laquer couldnt sort? Applied by spray of course. It'd give you a glassy effect, ie a black base with a couple of layers of laquer over it, as opposed to just a gloss black. The black base would want to be spray applied also.

I dont know, just a thought

fm

most high gloss doors are mdf covered in high gloss laminate so no paint is used.i have done it with paint before but its a long process,using 2 primers and about 4 or 5 coats of high build ac paint,all sprayed on(i think it was about 80% sheen).to get the proper high gloss finish,the mirror finish,we used a burnishing cream and a buffering machine with a soft pad like what they do with cars to really bring up the shine/mirror finish.

CJhaughey

You can buy panels of that high gloss from the Panelling centre, they are not cheap in the larger sizes though!
I have the cream in my kitchen, and the finish is from a plastic film that is shrunk on to the MDF not paint.