How To Get A Perfect Gloss Paint Finish On Furniture!

May 13, 2016 50 Comments

How many times have you seen a beautiful piece of furniture that’s just screaming to be given new life and then it has paint on it that looks like they painted the whole thing with one coat of paint? It doesn’t matter how much sanding or priming you do. If you don’t know how to get a perfect gloss paint finish on furniture, your project will never look as good as it deserves. I’m going to show you some easy steps for achieving this flawless finish!

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I think we can all agree that achieving a perfectly flat, high gloss, reflective, mirror-like painted surface is one of the most challenging tasks a finisher can do.

For years, I’ve been struggling with how to get a perfect gloss paint finish. If you’re like me and sometimes have a hard time getting your paint to lay down perfectly off the gun, you might consider wet sanding and polishing your finish.

In this post, I’ll walk through the steps for how to get a perfect glossy paint finish by wet sanding and polishing.

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I bought this American of Martinsville faux bamboo china cabinet off of Craigslist last year. I’ve declared my love for china cabinets in this post and my love for faux bamboo in this post.

So to have both of these items together, well, I just had to have it!

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What paint did you choose?

I chose Fine Paints of Europe Hollandlac Brilliant WC 60 for this guy. 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.

For now, I’m going to show you a step-by-step process of how to wet sand and polish an oil enamel paint finish.

Why should I use wet sand and polish?

You may be asking, “why is this necessary?”

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!

BUT

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!

Also, 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.

Buffing out the finish will remove both of these annoyances leaving you with a perfect glossy paint finish that you will be so proud of!

So here we go…

List of supplies needed for a gloss paint finish:

A DA (dual action) sander
Hookit attachment pad for the sander
Air Compressor with enough power and volume to run the DA sander (this is the one I have)
Fine sanding discs in the grits of 1,000 1,500 2,000 and 3,000
Bucket of clean water with a tiny amount of dish soap added
Clean rags
Electric buffer
Buffing pads
Rubbing compound and polishes
Download my Glossy Furniture Guide for a full supply list of ALL tools, materials, primers, paints etc – It’s free…and amazing!

Note: Before I get into the steps of sanding, I need to tell you that this will only work on completely flat, smooth surfaces. You cannot use a DA sander on carved or intricate areas. On this piece of furniture, I only polished the vertical sides.

How to wet sand an oil enamel painted surface:

Once your enamel paint has had ample time to dry and ONLY after it’s dry can you begin the sanding process. This particular piece had over 48 hours to dry.
Fill a bucket with several inches of clean water and add 1-2 drops of dish soap to the water. The soap acts as a lubricant between the sandpaper and paint surface. Throw all of your sandpaper into the bucket.
Make sure the surface you are about to sand is free of dust and debris. Attach your 1,000 paper to the DA sander and lightly wet the surface.
Set your PSI to 150 and begin sanding. It’s very important to keep your sander 100% flat on the surface at all times. Do not rock the sander up on the edge!
Using even, medium speed passes, sand an area roughly 12″x12″. You will just need to use your own discretion to determine how long to sand.
The easiest way to tell will be, if you’ve not sanded enough, the surface will still be very glossy and if too much, your primer will show through!! If you sand too much and your primer shows through, then you will have to completely stop what you’re doing and repaint! So, heed this warning, start out easy because you can always sand more.
Turn the sander off and wipe the area you just sanded dry with a clean rag. You’ll begin to see where the sanding has taken off the sheen of the paint.
In this photo you can see the top area is where I have sanded the surface flat and the small “dotted” looking strip is where the orange peel is not completely sanded flat, and the bottom area hasn’t been sanded yet.
Re wet your sandpaper and paint surface and keep sanding the surface until all of the sheen is gone and you have a uniformly dull surface.
Change your sandpaper to 1,500 and sand all of it again.
Change to 2,000 and repeat.
Then, change to 3,000 and repeat.

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Dry all of the area really well then look at the surface from all angles. It should look all flat, even, and uniformly smooth and dull.

How to polish an oil enamel painted surface to get a high gloss paint finish:

Ensure your piece is totally dry from the wet sanding.
Attach a clean foam compounding disc to the buffer and add a small amount of rubbing compound to the disc or to the surface. Either way will work fine.
Tilt the buffer on the edge, turn it on and make quick, even passes covering all of the surface area. Make sure you keep the buffer in constant motion because it will quickly create a lot of heat from friction and you can potentially “burn” through your paint surface. You just need to buff until your compound is gone.
Wipe any remaining rubbing compound residue with a clean dry cloth.
Take off the compounding foam pad and put on the second, clean foam pad for your machine polish. IMPORTANT: Do not use the same foam pad for the different compounds!
Add a small amount of the machine polish to the pad or to the furniture surface.
Follow the same steps as before with rubbing compound.
Repeat the same action as I stated in step number three. After this step, you will immediately see the gloss is back!
The last step is to remove the second foam disc and attach a clean ultra fine polishing pad, add a small amount of ultra fine polishing c ompound and do the same exact process one last time.

Okay! Once you successfully complete all of these steps, you should have an end result like this:

Please Note: The sanding and polishing does NOT change the color of your paint…the reason the color looks different in these two photos was only due to the lighting.

Anyone still reading?? Ha! As you can probably gather, this isn’t a project I would recommend for a beginner painter or a painter with only water-based paint experience.

There’s a steep learning curve, and I have a lot still to learn. My spraying, sanding, buffing, and polishing skills are so far from perfect!

You can check out the photos in this post to see some more after pics because I did this process to the Henredon Dresser.

Step by step tutorial how to wet sand and polish furniture to a flawless, mirror like finish! 1000 grit sandpaper uses 2000 grit sanding pad 2000 grit sanding sponge 2000 grit wet and dry 3000 wet dry sandpaper 3m 3000 grit wet sandpaper 3m wet sanding block 3m wet sanding paper 400 600 grit wet sandpaper 600 grit sanding block buffing lacquer buffing lacquer wood finish buffing out orange peel can you buff out orange peel color sanding steps fine sandpaper for plastic grade of sandpaper for painting how to block sand primer how to buff lacquer how to get orange peel out of paint how to put sandpaper on a sanding block how to rub out lacquer finish from spray can how to sand varnish how to sand without sandpaper how to wet sand polyurethane how to wet sand primer palm sander for wet sanding polish latex paint polishing acrylic paint on wood sanding lacquer between coats sanding mod podge sanding varnish sandpaper chart sandpaper making machine self lubricating sandpaper should you sand primer before painting the sanding solution water paper grit wet sanding between coats wet sanding lacquer wet sanding wheels wet sanding wood floors what grit sandpaper for wet sanding what is grit sandpaper what is the highest grit sandpaper what is wet and dry paper used for what is wet sanding wood where to buy high grit sandpaper 1500 grit polish 1500 grit sanding sponge buffing after wet sanding can you wet sand enamel paint fine wet and dry grit chart sandpaper grit in paint highest grit wet sandpaper how to color sand and buff new paint how to polish paint by hand sand and polish sanding and buffing sandpaper grit for paint prep wet and dry paper grades wet and dry sanding blocks wet or dry sandpaper sheets wet sand after paint wet sanding paint runs wet sanding plastic what is the finest sandpaper grit where to buy 1500 grit sandpaper 2000 wet sandpaper 600 grade sandpaper buffing old paint buy 2000 grit sandpaper colour sanding and buffing do you wet sand primer how to buff paint how to fix orange peel paint job how to wet sand paint runs orange peel paint removal polish paint by hand rubbing compound to remove orange peel sand grit before painting sanding enamel sanding walnut sandpaper grit levels wet sanding base coat wet sanding ceramics wet sanding plastic models what compound to use after wet sanding what grit to sand primer before paint 2000 grit wet sandpaper 3000 grit wet sandpaper hand buffing how to wet sand paint roughest grit sandpaper sanding definition sanding steel sandpaper grit for paint water sanding wet sand meaning what kind of coat is best put on wet 1500 sandpaper 2000 sandpaper 3000 sandpaper can you sand wet wood how to use sandpaper how to wet sand wood polishing sandpaper sanding stainless steel what grit sandpaper for primer what is the finest grit sandpaper different grits of sandpaper how to fix orange peel how to remove orange peel how to sand plastic wet and dry sandpaper wet or dry sandpaper wet sanding block wet sanding primer wet sanding spray paint what is color sanding cut and buff orange peel removal sand after primer sanding latex paint sanding primer before painting sandpaper for plastic wet sanding polyurethane wet sanding vs dry sanding color sand and buff sanding bondo sanding plastic sandpaper alternatives soak and wet what grit sandpaper sandpaper grit scale wet sand and buff 1200 grit sandpaper sanding primer what is wet sanding 1500 grit sandpaper automotive sandpaper sandpaper types wet sanding wood wet dry sandpaper wet sanding paint fine grit sandpaper sandpaper grit chart wet sandpaper 600 grit sandpaper 3000 grit sandpaper 2000 grit sandpaper wet sanding wetsand

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Comments

Annie says

May 14, 2016 at 7:35 am

Great post, Kayla. Very informative.

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- Kayla says
  
  May 14, 2016 at 8:03 am
  
  Thanks Annie!
  
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Crystal says

May 14, 2016 at 9:36 am

I just tried buffing out a waterbased finish. Long story short… It is possible but the results will require much more work and if im gonna go through all that I might as well just spray oil! Love this post!!!

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- Kayla says
  
  May 14, 2016 at 9:44 am
  
  Hey Crystal! Thanks for your comment, that’s good to know! I really wouldn’t have expected it to work because latex gums up sandpaper so badly! Someday I’d like to hear your long story! Lol:) xo
  
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christina says

May 14, 2016 at 10:52 am

yay KP!!! Now I can link up to my favorite part of painting with oil. I am ADDICTED!!! thank you so much for coming up with this process for your fellow high gloss addicts!! xo.

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- Kayla says
  
  May 16, 2016 at 8:03 pm
  
  We are addicts for sure!
  
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Melanie says

May 14, 2016 at 11:32 am

Wow! That is an amazing piece. I am still super-intimidated by this process, but I learned so much reading through your post. Thanks for sharing all of your helpful tips and for linking up again to Friday’s Furniture Fix!

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- Kayla says
  
  May 16, 2016 at 8:03 pm
  
  I still get intimidated every single time i load up my paint gun and step into the booth!! True Story!
  
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Susie from The Chelsea Project says

May 15, 2016 at 5:11 pm

Kayla, Kayla, Kayla. You just take my breath away with your sprayed finishes. I LOVE the green and the black and white backing…..OH MY GOODNESS. Thanks so much for linking to Friday’s Furnitrue Fix…. what a shame if we had missed this beautiful piece. Sharing it out on IG and FB…. XO Susie from The Chelsea Project

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- Kayla says
  
  May 16, 2016 at 8:01 pm
  
  Thanks Susie! Love your link party:)
  
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Terry says

May 19, 2016 at 10:12 am

WOW! What a breathtaking piece! It’s absolutely gorgeous and I love your choices for colour and design! I can’t believe the finish you achieved! Thank you for sharing the tutorial on how to do this! I am saving this post for sure! I hope you have a great day! If you would like to inspire some more, Making Broken Beautiful is starting right now over at The Curator’s Collection and I would love to host your amazing talent!
Smiles!
Terry
The Curator’s Collection & Making Broken Beautiful Thursday
http://thecuratorscollection.wordpress.com

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- Kayla says
  
  May 19, 2016 at 1:12 pm
  
  Thank you!! I’ll be visiting that link shortly! Thanks!! xo
  
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Sue says

May 19, 2016 at 8:17 pm

I saw this around somewhere and was admiring it so I am glad I found it again from the Friday Fix It Furniture. linky party. I love the green and how you took your photo from the reflection. I will always remember this piece.

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- Kayla says
  
  May 19, 2016 at 9:15 pm
  
  Thank you Sue!!
  
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Terry says

May 25, 2016 at 10:03 am

Hello Kayla! I am featuring this amazing piece and awesome tutorial at Making Broken Beautiful tomorrow! Thank you so much for sharing your inspiration! I hope you come again! Have a great day!
Smiles!
Terry

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Kimiyo says

May 27, 2016 at 1:03 pm

What a great post! This is the process I use as well for our lacquer based paint finish. Its so rewarding! I did burn through a finish with my buffer once at about 1 am, so tired and i started day dreaming lol till I smelled something off. Oops.

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- Kayla says
  
  May 27, 2016 at 10:01 pm
  
  Thanks for the comment Kimiyo! I admire your work greatly!!! Burning through the paint is too easy! I’ve done it too:(
  
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Karen@somewhatquirkydesign says

May 27, 2016 at 9:08 pm

Beautiful work and very helpful info. Do you live in Harrison Arkansas? My family lived there briefly when I was a little less than 2 years old.

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- Kayla says
  
  May 27, 2016 at 10:00 pm
  
  Yes maam! Small world! Where do you live now?
  
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Keri says

June 16, 2016 at 8:04 pm

This cabinet look amazing!! Green was the perfect color and I love the black and white backing! The glossy finish is awesome…great job!!

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- Kayla says
  
  June 18, 2016 at 11:36 am
  
  Thanks Keri!!
  
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Kristen says

November 13, 2016 at 5:26 am

Hi Kayla,
I love your step by step guide and I’ll be trying it out soon. I’ve been so intimidated by this finish but this is giving me the courage to finally try it out.
One question, did you apply one coat of both the primer and top coat and no poly sealer?

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- Kayla says
  
  November 13, 2016 at 7:35 am
  
  Hey! It’s one coat of primer and two coats of color (48hours dry time in between). No top coat sealer! Good luck to you! Let me know how it goes:) xo
  
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Scott says

November 24, 2016 at 6:14 pm

This is awesome – how do you sand the moldings and non-flat surfaces? Thanks! -Scott

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- Kayla says
  
  November 27, 2016 at 4:42 pm
  
  Hi Scott, I didn’t do anything to the curved moldings. Just polished the flat surfaces. Thanks for your comment!
  
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Lilianne Strey says

March 3, 2017 at 5:35 am

Nice! However, I’m a little puzzled by the color, which seems much lighter than my paint-chip of WC60. Are you sure that’s the shade you used? And, if so, is that really how the green looks or is just the lighting?

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- Kayla says
  
  March 8, 2017 at 12:40 pm
  
  Hi Lilianne, yes that’s the color I used. Perhaps it’s just the lighting making it look a little off from your chip? But one thing about high gloss, it’s extremely hard to photograph because of its reflective nature. But yes, the color in the photo is pretty true to real life because the color was not edited in any software after being taken. Hope this helps! xo
  
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  - Lilianne Strey says
    
    March 11, 2017 at 6:14 pm
    
    Thanks, Kayla. That’s very helpful. I was planning to use this on the elaborate kitchen moldings of a 1804 historic home. I was worried it was too dark from the chip, but your pictures have convinced me that it should be perfect. Love the glossy finish…I admire your perfectionist spirit.
    
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Carlee says

March 30, 2017 at 2:04 pm

Beautiful work and thanks for the information. Can you share where to get the black and white backing?

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- Kayla says
  
  March 31, 2017 at 9:26 am
  
  Hi Carlee, thank you. The fabric came from a local fabric store called FM Store in Springfield MO.
  
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Astor Taylor says

August 9, 2017 at 2:10 pm

Unless I scrolled past it, I didn’t see any info on the fabulous black & white background you used on the back of the cabinet. Is it wallpaper or something else? It’s exactly the color and design I need for the back of a bookcase if you could give me pattern & company info so I could order it.

Love your work and most informative tutorial.

Astor

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Astor Taylor says

August 9, 2017 at 2:12 pm

oops ! just saw my question in the last comment ~ sorry! So it’s fabric and did you apply it with spray adhesive perhaps?

Thanks….
Astor

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- Kayla says
  
  August 13, 2017 at 3:47 pm
  
  I actually just stapled the fabric to the back so that it would be easy to change in the future if my customer felt the need! But spray adhesive or mod podge would work! I believe this fabric’s name was “mod dot”. See if a google search will yield anything. Good luck to you!! xo
  
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Jay says

June 9, 2018 at 3:03 pm

Thank you so much for this post! It has saved my kitchen cabinet renovation! After getting mad at my sprayer for not laying down the perfect glossy coat the first time I realized I must be doing something wrong! Your finishing steps have made all the difference in helping me finish my project and get gleaming white glossy reflective cabinets, what I was after in the first place! I was completely demoralized and now I’m very happy with the final product, thank you!!

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Cyndi J says

January 12, 2019 at 12:02 pm

Such a beautiful finish. I found someone on Etsy who’s using your image: https://www.etsy.com/listing/596455572/stanley-bamboo-china-cabinet-custom?ref=shop_home_active_31&pro=1&frs=1.

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Stephen F Kenney says

November 14, 2019 at 11:31 pm

I use to buff cars in my early 20s, I got the bug, got really good at it.. I could wet sand a car’s hood to the point of mirror finish. Water would run off it because there was no micro hills and valleys to stop it’s decent. Became a cabinetmaker only to see wood finishes as an incredible extension of previous work. Sounds strange to say but sanding was satisfying when you got to this level. You could go into a trance wiping away the orange peel. Watching the water roll off the panels with acceleration. NO RESISTANCE> So I wanted to add something to this conversation. Flatten out the paint, lacquer, poly or what ever you use for finish. twelve thousand sandpaper or whatever. Make sure you lay on the paint so you can sand it down. The tiny details matter when it comes to this finish product. Spend the time to do it right. Jagged edges can be sanded, just takes time. I oil sanded a quarter sawn white oak small boot box with 1200 wet sandpaper. I can’t tell how blown away people were with the finish. Like silk, yet strong solid wood. The depth of the flecks are incredible and so worth the time. So my advice, youtube the process for your project and do test pieces. Get familiar with it. Experiment and try new processes. If this is something for your own enjoyment, you will smile and feel warmth from every project you slave over. I made myself a walnut and white oak bed. And every night when I slip into it, I grin at how much I love it.

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Tanya L says

April 1, 2020 at 8:49 am

All of your pieces, are nothing short of show stoppers… my fave is the green faux bamboo china cabinet! I too, share your love for faux bamboo-as in when I see it on furniture, picture frames, etc I want to do a back flip but instead, I end up buying more than I really need. I’m obsessed.
This has little to do with these furniture stories but do you have an in OR can you tell me if any place that sells faux bamboo trim?
I’m so glad I stumbled across you and your blog, on Pinterest. From one faux bamboo fanatic to another, I can’t wait to see all the exciting things that your blog will present us with in the future…

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- Kayla says
  
  July 9, 2020 at 11:09 pm
  
  Hi Tanya!
  
  Check out this site for trim! Thanks for being here xo
  
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Michael says

June 9, 2022 at 4:09 am

I learned so much from this post. For the initial paint, can I apply it with rollers and brush to get the same result? I looked at HVLP guns however they were quite expensive.

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- Kayla says
  
  July 10, 2022 at 8:03 am
  
  You can roll then tip off, yes. It will take some practice to get it to lay out flat, but you can achieve an amazing brushed finish, yes. Might want to check out this post. Best, Kayla
  
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Susan says

August 29, 2023 at 1:40 pm

Hi Kayla, I ran across this post while searching for a solution to our painting problem. (You did gorgeous work on this china cabinet!) We painted a wood interior door with Sherwin-Williams Urethane Trim Enamel. It’s a water-based urethane modified alkyd resin system. We have a flawed area because we had covered one side (already painted) with plastic to protect it while we worked on the other side. Although we waited over a week after painting before covering that side with plastic, the plastic left marks on one area. Have you ever worked with this paint? I wondered if your polishing method might work for this situation so we wouldn’t have to repaint that side of the door. Sherwin Williams was noncommittal–said we could try to buff out, but touch-up would be needed and possibly a complete repaint.

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- Kayla says
  
  October 18, 2023 at 11:11 am
  
  Hi Susan, I’m sorry to hear about your paint issue. I know exactly what you’re talking about because I’ve had this same thing happen more than once. It is so frustrating.
  
  I’ll be perfectly honest with you – it’ll be one million times easier and faster to re-paint the door. I realize this isn’t what you wanted to hear, but trust me on this one. Best of luck to you! xo
  
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Tim Fisher says

December 10, 2023 at 1:39 pm

Hey Kayla – first off, your posts have been a godsend as I work through the undertaking that is refinishing a desk for my wife in Hollandlac Brilliant for the first time. If I only knew…woof.

Anyway, I’m waiting for my second coat to dry (I’m rolling and backbrushing) and already have noticed some solvent pop, minor hairs/debris, etc. I figured I’d just let it go and be happy with 80% perfect, but then I ran across this post of yours…I’m now determined to see this through to the bitter end with buffing/polishing!

My two quick questions are – is it even possible to consider doing the buffing (not polishing) by hand?

If not, is the DA sander a necessity or can I get by with a random orbital?

Thanks again for all your help! Really looking forward to being done with this 😂

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