This has nothing to do with java or code, but it has to do with my arcade cabinet. You can see it under the “What I did today” thread. I painted it with spray paint, a few coats. Then, I used gloss paint to go over it all. After the gloss dried, it made some of it kind of cloudy (like it literally looks like faint clouds). I think that happened because of humidity. My question is, does anyone know how to get that cloudiness out? We’ve tried steel wool, and we also tried glycerin, but the cloudiness remains. I don’t have a good picture of it, sorry about that. I don’t really want to have to repaint it since every piece of wood is a different color so spray painting it again will be kind of tough. If I can’t get it out, I’ll call it an “effect”, but i’d like to get it out if it’s possible.
Honestly, at this point your best solution is to sand the thing down and repaint it.
My suggestion;
- Sand it down the best you can, try to get off as much gloss as possible.
- Buy some quality primer (Kilz 2 Latex might work) and prime it, probably 2 coats.
- Buy a ultra-high gloss, very high quality house paint like Benjamin More ADVANCE is a great one, that comes in High Gloss
- Buy some “High Density Foam” rollers, they’re usually a thick foam. These will give you very nice coverage, with no paintbrush streaks.
- After you give the primer at least a day to dry, only using the foam rollers paint the entire cabinet. Although you can use a tiny detail brush to get in the cracks, but I would go over it again with the roller so there’s no streaks.
- Wait at least 3 hours, paint it again. Repeat until you’re happy with it! Personally, I’d put 4 coats considering the possible high-use of the cabinet.
If all goes well, you wont need any polyurethane to seal it, as the ADVANCE high gloss is extremely shiny. I used the same method above to paint my house’s interior doors, and the paint still looks great, and I imagine doors get banged around a bit more than an arcade cabinet would.
@Rayvolution Man I’ll think about doing that, but I really really don’t want to repaint it. Thanks for the info though. I’ll defiitely do this on my next one.
No problem, just keep in mind high and ultra high gloss will REALLY show any minor imperfections down to the smallest of scratches. You can use this to your advantage though assuming this is real wood, because it’ll accent all the wood grain and look really cool.
But, it will also show any nicks and dings you might of put on it during assembly. Although that could be part of the charm, it’ll look professional quality either way if you use a good paint. 