Monday, January 16, 2012

Spray painting

I took on the challenge of spray painting my television cabinet!  It used to be white and I've spray painted it black to match the bookcases I purchased at Ikea.  This is my first spray painting job and although it isn't perfect by any means it will do nicely.  The cabinet was taken apart and has taken me a couple of weeks because I do not have the space to spray each piece at the same time. I have to spray paint one piece and let it dry for several days before I can move on.  I hadn't realized I'd spray painted one of the pieces for the back on the wrong side.  It was when I was reassembling it that I discovered my mistake.  And while I was reassembling it one of the feet had fallen off (it had been carelessly stapled onto the bottom by the company), so I couldn't take the piece into the garage without the cabinet falling over.  With help I carried the cabinet in its entirety to the garage, set it against the garage door and spray painted it again.  Once it's dry I'll carefully turn it over and reattach the feet.