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These pictures are of a recent island that I built for a customer.

Thanks
Mark

PS
Sorry about the rotation I still can't figure it out. I can turn them any way I want in my PhotofunStudio, but the ones I take with the camera rotated always come out rotated when I attach them.

Great Pictures but before my wife sees them what is the finish and how hard was it to do?

Ed

It is just tinted Precat MLCampbell lacquer with a dark brown glaze around the cracks and crevices and then a clear coat. I did not pick the yellow, they paid an interior decorator big bucks to come up with that.

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Mark

Wow! Customers all have different tastes. However that is one show piece of workmanship! Loads of detail work! Congratulations, Mark! I can only assume you were handsomely rewarded.

After enlarging to 300% we (my wife and I) could more clearly see your customer now has a stove top in her island. Is that a marble top? Beautiful!

That is high class work, Mark!!

Charlese

Thanks for all the complements. The top is polished granite done by a local granite shop.

Mark

It takes a true craftsman to build anothers dream design. Excellent work. fjimp

mbcabinetmaker wrote:Ed

It is just tinted Precat MLCampbell lacquer with a dark brown glaze around the cracks and crevices and then a clear coat. I did not pick the yellow, they paid an interior decorator big bucks to come up with that.

Thanks
Mark

Mark
Help me understand the process a little more.
First what are you saying here. "It is just tinted Precat MLCampbell lacquer with a dark brown glaze around the cracks and crevices and then a clear coat." Are you saying you tinted the lacquer with dark brown glaze or did you tint the lacquer with I think white (but perhaps yellow since you mentioned it)? Then applied the glaze and then a clear coat.
I guess my next question would be what yellow to me the cabinets look like an off white that is so popular in todays cabinets. Or is my monitor colors off?

Did you pressure spray the lacquer or did you use High Volume Low Pressure gun? How did you thin your lacquer? What was the drying time.

I'm always interested in finishes. My wife what to redo our kitchen and she was antiqued white cabinets (which is what I thought your picture was of), any suggesttions?

Thanks again for the pictures and your reply.

ED and gang again thinks for all the complements.

Warning this will be a long post.

Now I'll try to answer your questions but as Norm says first lets talk a little about shop safety. Lacquer is very flammable and the vapors and over spray are explosive. Thus OSHA mandates larger plants and shops to have explosion proof spray booths and other safety equipment. With this said I have sprayed a tanker full of the stuff over the years with a homemade break down spray booth made from a 42 inch fan and furnace filters with no problems. But---I always make sure I have plenty of ventilation. So I will explain the process with ML Campbell pre cat lacquer and also with General Finishes water base products.

First lets talk equipment. You ask about HVLP. NO I don't like it. I've tried several and can't get the results that I get with conventional spray equipment. You need at least one good gravity feed gun. I recommend the Porter Cable PSH3.http://www.deltaportercable.com/Product ... ctID=11581
A very good gun for the money but --- buy the 2.MM fluid needle and tip,install it and throw away the 1.4MM that comes with it. Now we are ready to Paint. And yes the lacquer was tented yellow. ML Campbell is one of the few companies that can match almost anything with their lacquer. It is also one of the most environmentally friendly solvent based products on the market. Yes I know that last statement is a oxymoron.
I am talking about ML Campbell MagnaMax. (Completely HAPs free and VOC compliant. Ultra low formaldehyde release. Surpasses all ASTM and KCMA testing) this statement from their web sight. Now I warned that this would be long and I am running out of room. For those interested in the finishing process see the new thread I will start named Paint Glaze Finish.

Thanks
Mark