I have a store bought cherry TV stand (wood and veneer).It has the dark cherry finish and it has some chips and scratches on the top. Rather than trying to match the finish I thought I might just coat the top flat black. This is a formal piece in my living room so I would rather not paint it.Does anyone Know if there is a stain or other coating I can use?
Len
Paint it flat black, use a couple of coats of black acrylic and then a couple or 3 coats of flat varnish or as near to flat as you can get. It's the glossy black paint that looks so wrong.
Josie
Yer jokin' right? Yer not? OK, Sherwin-Williams latex Kid's Room green, with high-gloss polyurinestain, 3-4 coats over that.
Or you could take the finish off, plane/sand out the dings and shellac it. Your choice.
Dave in Fairfax
If the veneer is too thin it may not take planing and sanding very well and the green paint and polyurethane isn't such a bad idea. I'd go for a deeper green :).
Josie
In anticipation of future chips and scratches, you might as well just paint the whole unit flat black.. much more time efficient... hell, everyone paints cherry, right?? Mac
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flat black.
I had good results using black leather dye.
"leonard" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@adelphia.com:
This is a perfect excuse to purchase a larger TV.
already did, a small one a 45 incher
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