11-05-2016, 03:45 PM
Thanks, guys! 
I took Thursday and Friday evenings off from cabinet work.
Today, I went back to the workbench and painted the edges of the grille openings with brown nail polish. After that dried, I wet sanded the entire cabinet with 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper. This gave the cabinet a very smooth surface and prepared it for two more coats of clear lacquer.
I'm completely out of gloss Deft, and only have a can and a half of semi-gloss Deft remaining in my lacquer inventory. Last night when we were out making our once a month pilgrimage to Wally World (a place we both despise, but unfortunately, they carry many items not found in other local establishments), I noticed some cans of Watco lacquer.
I had never used Watco before, but I have noticed that some of the guys on the other forum have used it, with no complaints that I saw.
Wally World had four cans of gloss...and I bought all four cans. The previous three coats of clear on the 38-624T cabinet were done with semi-gloss Deft as that is all I had at the time.
So today, I tried Watco for the first time.
I applied two coats of it, and so far, it looks just fine.
No photos as the cabinet's appearance has not really changed other than the clear being a bit deeper...and smoother.
Tomorrow, I plan to wet sand the cabinet again, using 1000 grit wet/dry paper, followed by a final two coats of Watco clear gloss lacquer.
I took Thursday and Friday evenings off from cabinet work.
Today, I went back to the workbench and painted the edges of the grille openings with brown nail polish. After that dried, I wet sanded the entire cabinet with 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper. This gave the cabinet a very smooth surface and prepared it for two more coats of clear lacquer.
I'm completely out of gloss Deft, and only have a can and a half of semi-gloss Deft remaining in my lacquer inventory. Last night when we were out making our once a month pilgrimage to Wally World (a place we both despise, but unfortunately, they carry many items not found in other local establishments), I noticed some cans of Watco lacquer.
I had never used Watco before, but I have noticed that some of the guys on the other forum have used it, with no complaints that I saw.
Wally World had four cans of gloss...and I bought all four cans. The previous three coats of clear on the 38-624T cabinet were done with semi-gloss Deft as that is all I had at the time.
So today, I tried Watco for the first time.
I applied two coats of it, and so far, it looks just fine.
No photos as the cabinet's appearance has not really changed other than the clear being a bit deeper...and smoother.
Tomorrow, I plan to wet sand the cabinet again, using 1000 grit wet/dry paper, followed by a final two coats of Watco clear gloss lacquer.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
