![]() You will just need to use your own discretion to determine how long to sand. Using even, medium speed passes, sand an area roughly 12″x12″.It’s very important to keep your sander 100% flat on the surface at all times. Set your PSI to 150 and begin sanding.Attach your 1,000 paper to the DA sander and lightly wet the surface. Make sure the surface you are about to sand is free of dust and debris.Throw all of your sandpaper into the bucket. The soap acts as a lubricant between the sandpaper and paint surface. Fill a bucket with several inches of clean water and add 1-2 drops of dish soap to the water.This particular piece had over 48 hours to dry. Once your enamel paint has had ample time to dry and ONLY after it’s dry can you begin the sanding process.How to wet sand an oil enamel painted surface: On this piece of furniture, I only polished the vertical sides. You cannot use a DA sander on carved or intricate areas. Note: Before I get into the steps of sanding, I need to tell you that this will only work on completely flat, smooth surfaces. ![]() Download my Glossy Furniture Guide for a full supply list of ALL tools, materials, primers, paints etc – It’s free…and amazing!.Bucket of clean water with a tiny amount of dish soap added.Air Compressor with enough power and volume to run the DA sander (this is the one I have).So here we go… List of supplies needed for a gloss paint finish: If you kinda suck at spraying oils paints as I do (or you’re inexperienced/just learning etc), you’re sometimes left with a lot of unsightly orange peel. And orange peel in a paint finish is the bane of my existence!Īlso, since oil enamels have such a long dry time, dust and debris from the air lands in the wet paint leaving your finish with gross feeling particles on the surface.īuffing out the finish will remove both of these annoyances leaving you with a perfect glossy paint finish that you will be so proud of! The short answer is that it’s not necessary at all. You don’t have to wet sand and polish this paint in order for it to get a high gloss paint finish. Hollandlac Brilliant paint is the glossiest oil enamel on the market straight out of the can! You may be asking, “why is this necessary?” Since today I am just sharing in-depth about the final stages of the process, I’m not going to go into great detail in this post about how to paint the furniture, but go to this post for a step-by-step tutorial on How To Paint High Gloss Furniture.įor now, I’m going to show you a step-by-step process of how to wet sand and polish an oil enamel paint finish. I chose Fine Paints of Europe Hollandlac Brilliant WC 60 for this guy.
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