Built in wardrobes

[transitboy]

Made these for a customer last year.

All made from mrmdf ,nothing fancy just glued,screwed and biscuit jointed together. Beading on doors pinned and glued to match internal doors
All hinges Blum soft closed ,handles to match internel doors
Primed with emulsion(don't tell my friends on the deccy channel),followed by 3 coats of white acrylic eggshell.All sprayed with my airless
Then put together at the top floor of a townhouse
Door fronts hand painted.

Sorry thicko meant to start a new thread ,Please Mr moderator can you moved it for me

[BillyGoat]

Belting job!

[OchAye]

Transit, you have hidden talents.

One question, the following two ;-) please:

1. How flat was the MDF you got? Was it not curved at all (so the doors would show it)?

2. Door edges. Prime/paint/sand and repeat or have you done any tricks to fill the grain?

3. What paint is the final coat (looks like Sikkens Satura or is it gloss)?

Tee hee. You pinched the beading from my once upon a time plain doors but I only have a single box on them.

Very nice.

[moderator2]

Oh yes. no problem at all.

[OchAye]

Oh yes. no problem at all.

Watch out ... he'll spray you with his hairless sprayer And your glasses can be any colour you choose.

[ayjay]

Very nice - except for the lampshade.

[Gadget]

Very nice - except for the lampshade.

Lampshade?.......I thought it was a lump of cheese!..

[mailee]

You made a nice job of those. Why did you hand paint the doors if you sprayed the rest?

[ayjay]

Lampshade?.......I thought it was a lump of cheese!..

I had to look twice: I thought the smoke detector had been bagged up.

[steviejoiner74]

Very nice job!

[OchAye]

Why did you hand paint the doors if you sprayed the rest?

Because he can

[Chris Skilbeck]

Then put together at the top floor of a townhouse

Isn't it always the access and the location that causes the problems - not the work itself ?

Beautiful job, Transitboy - (you should really have a word about that lampshade though)

[Retired]

Hi,

Top job transitboy; they look very impressive and modern. I too wonder why you sprayed the wardrobes but brushed the door fronts; I would have definitely sprayed the doors which must be a great deal easier and quicker than brushing given they have 36 panels between them? Lovely job though and credit to you. Biscuit jointers are brilliant for this kind of work. How did you align the doors to get them all in the same plane? When I installed our wardrobes I used cross strings from corner to corner pulled tight and when the strings touched in the middle I tightened everything up which worked for me and all the doors fit flush?

I notice you've already started installing your kit? Thanks for sharing.

Kind regards, Col.

[transitboy]

Oh yes. no problem at all.

Sorry to stop you in mid stroke, but from one to another Thank You for moving this
I thought you might need this , I find it HANDY.

[transitboy]

Transit, you have hidden talents.

One question, the following two ;-) please:

1. How flat was the MDF you got? Was it not curved at all (so the doors would show it)?

The wood you get now you will be very lucky to get anything flat and straight. Also mdf is the world worst for bending
just remember all ways paint both sides helps and just be careful how you stack it.
If the doors are bent you can get some out with the hinge adjustment

2. Door edges. Prime/paint/sand and repeat or have you done any tricks to fill the grain?

Nothing to fancy just that mate ,might fill with some touprets fine fill. Nine times out of ten don't need it, time they have had 3/4 coats
I have been making wardrobes and units like this for quite sometime, maybe not in mailee skill set but never had complaints.

3. What paint is the final coat (looks like Sikkens Satura or is it gloss)?

Like I said just good old jonnos acrylic eggshell.
I have tried all different primers /undercoat and believe it or not no different using ordinary emulsion. So why spend more money then needed
believe it or not I have never had a problem when using it as a primer on mdf.



Tee hee. You pinched the beading from my once upon a time plain doors but I only have a single box on them.

Very nice.

Sorry its taken a bit to get back but was my birthday yesterday.
So was out booking up my coffin,once my deccy mates hear what I use as a primer.