The Importance of Sandback and Final Finishing

Final finish on maple cabinet with 320 sandback.



We often get asked why do you take cabinets off site
to finish ?

TO PREVENT DUST IN CLIENT'S HOME....
and to NEGATE OVERSPRAY...

Why does it take 10-12 days for an excellent result ?

WE ARE FOLLOWING AWI AND KCMA methods for PRODUCING 
excellent cabinetry AND FINISHES.

YOU CANNOT OBTAIN A GOOD RESULT SPRAYING CABINETS
WHILE HUNG THEY DO NOT DO THIS IN ANY CABINET SHOP. !

Avoid the idiots who say they can come in and spray your cabinetry while
it is still affixed to the hardware..it looks horrible,drips, runs and sags everywhere.

LACQUER IS ALWAYS SPRAYED ON THE FLAT for BEST APPEARANCE
THEN IT IS SANDED BACK BETWEEN COATS FOR ADHESION AND
MIRROR SMOOTH FINISH.

I SPENT THOUSANDS OF HOURS IN CABINET SHOPS AS A PRO COATINGS
REP FOR ML CAMPBELL/SW and ICI AND HELPED SHAPE THE INDUSTRY
TOWARDS LOW VOC WATERBORNE FINISHES that ARE SAFE TO SPRAY AND
PERFORM BEAUTIFULLY. Years ago Magnalac and KlearVar were sold as overkill catalysed
finishes til the industry saw that these finishes were yellowing badly and cracking
at all interjunctions of rail and stile. Catalyzed finishes are dangerously high in
solvent and can explode in a kitchen. Your insurance will never cover a mistake
like this. The guys spraying hybrid alkyds are just as stupid and are risking homeowner's
safety. DO NOT SPRAY ANY COATING THAT HAS 6LBS of Stoddard Solvent
and Benzene in its formulation, you are asking for trouble ! Anyone spraying
solvented catalzyed lacquers is shortening his/her own life and the life of their clients.
Waterborne lacquers have advanced dramatically in the last 25 yrs and are the
benchmark to which all other coatings are now measured.

EPOXY ON CABINETS IS A BIG MISTAKE, it is NOT MEANT to be used on
expanding wood. ! The firms offering this will be besieged with complaint calls
in 6-9 months after application. The surface tension of epoxy is too hard when
cured and will not move with a wood substrate the way a single component
waterborne lacquer will.

WE USE A RECOGNIZED KCMA APPROVED LACQUER that is USED
BY THE BIG 3 CABINET MAKERS.

KITCHENCRAFT, KRAFTMAID AND WELLBORN ALL USE KCMA
WATERBORNE LACQUERS ON ALL SPECIES OF  CABINETRY PRODUCED
IN PLANT. THEY DO NOT USE EPOXY PERIOD AS IT WOULD DESTROY
ALL AUTOMATED APPLICATION EQUIPMENT AND NOZZLES.

OLD TECHNOLOGY IS DANGEROUS TECHNOLOGY.