Advice on re-painting a wood fish stand. need help, experts chime in please

[oo0oscar0oo]

hi everyone..I'll be upgrading my tank. Yay!!

I am picking it up tomorrow...the stand has an oak finish though. I am planning to change the color to a darker brown, like expresso dark brown or black.

Should I paint/brush/spray/use a roller??? What kind of paint?

What do you guys say?

Recommendations would be great.

Thanks

[A.M]

Nice, congrats! How big did you go?

[inthedeep2]

just watch out I picked one out and didn't relies it was water logged

[oo0oscar0oo]

Nice, congrats! How big did you go?

120g from a 50g. big upgrade for me...im super excited!! the wife is still mad for my decision. Hahaha. I decided to tell her that i am picking up tomorrow morning and not ask her. I'm busting a move! haha

[oo0oscar0oo]

just watch out I picked one out and didn't relies it was water logged

dang that sucks. did you build a new one from scratch?

[sdnd]

water seal the inside if you can....

[richaliscous]

Commercial painter here... For refinishing a wooden stand I would just sand everything down with super fine sand paper( make sure you sand with the grain). Spraying the stand would definitely be the best, but this is all
Due to aesthetics. With brush and roll you will deal with brush marks and roller stipple. As to go with the paint, almost any kind of acrylic paint will do. Sherwin Williams sells a paint called resilience that works well for water moisture( we use it at Seaworld and really any business close to the coast for exterior). It's a good paint but honestly it's over kill. I would fine a good acrylic semi gloss paint and spray it.


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[inthedeep2]

dang that sucks. did you build a new one from scratch?

yes I'm staining and finishing it now. Coating the inside with kilz

[Zrobotz]

I would sand it then stain it with a brush with the grain wipe off any excess with a nice cloth do how ever many coats you want to get desired darkness and then do a few coats of polyurethane clear coat to protect it works really good. Good luck have fun feel free to ask questions I've done a number of stands an furniture making over the years

[oo0oscar0oo]

Great feedback from all. Thank you, I appreciate it. I send some pms with more detailed questions to u guys. I'm debating if I stain or spray paint now. Here's a pic of the stand

I'll be fixing this too, there's a chip on the corner that holds one of the doors.

Planning to do today so shall be fun

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[Zrobotz]

Definatly sand and stain. That's a easy one to sand it's all flat just use a random orbital sander with like 120 grit

[Poolfontaine]

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