White Contempo Murphy Bed

Looks good.
Great work.

I bought a kit from rockler for murphy’s bed and have had a chance to start on it.

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Chris,
Looks great! I’m curious, what kind of paint did you use?

Thanks,

-- Ron - Any day that I don't learn something new is a wasted day.

Ron,
I use a white lacquer from Sherwin Williams. My process is to spray a coat of white lacquer undercoater, sand, and then the white lacquer. If I used MDF (none on this bed) I’ll at least double coat with the undercoater and concentrate on the endgrains.

I use it mainly because of how fast if dries. The undercoater dries within 15 min. The top coat can be handled within an hour. I usually wait over night before I do any final assembly.

I’ve been slowing the drying process down a little on the final coat because it does dry so fast. I’ll add a slow evaporating lacquer thinner (retarder). This allows the finish to settle before the thinners flash off.

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Chris,
Thanks for the info. I’m in the process of building a couple of closet organizers and looking for a durable finish – I think I will try lacquer and see how it goes.

Thanks again,

-- Ron - Any day that I don't learn something new is a wasted day.