Best quick finish for kids sheleving.

Oct 01, 2010 7 Replies

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chris French 15 years ago

Probably going to get some Ikea Ivar storage for the kids room. Mostly shelving and drawers. It's made from untreated pine.

What do we reckon is the best quick(ish) finish for it? A couple of coats of quick drying varnish?

I'm not really worried about the 'best' finish, it will no doubt get a hard life anyway, just something to protect it from stains and grub, make it easier to clean, look fairly nice and be reasonably quick and easy to apply so that I actually do the job rather than having it sitting erected in the garage while I find a round tuit

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Richard Head 15 years ago

How about some left-over emulsion? You can apply two coats on the same day.

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Dave Liquorice 15 years ago

Maybe, or a single coat of a thin paint designed to let the grain show through and adds colour to the kids room. We used it on some plain pine shelfing units. Can't for the life of me remember what it was called...

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Frank Erskine 15 years ago

Poster paint?

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Spamlet 15 years ago

Unless you particularly want to hide the wood, the diamond hard (but not necessarily the floor grade) varnish, will soak in somewhat and give a harder, less tacky, finish than paint. There was quite a lot of the 'cherry' colour going cheap on ebay etc a few weeks back.

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S Viemeister 15 years ago

We used shellac on the Ivar shelves in Daughter's room. Fast, looks fine, easy to renew, and still looks good years later.

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fred 15 years ago

I've used diluted emulsion for this in the past and it worked very well. Wouldn't resist stains at all but it was fine for cheap clothing storage.

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The Medway Handyman 15 years ago

Oil?

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