Sovereign-1
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I am in the middle of redoing my garage. I am doing a wall out of time out of necessity for how I need to move things around as I progress... In other words I have too much junk.
I am getting to the point I am going to start building some cabinets to store some of this junk in. I don't plan to do this again for a long time, if ever so I want it to look good and be durable. my initial thought was to build them out of plywood and then cover them using a nice looking laminate that you use on kitchen countertops. It's resilient stuff, has no cure time and as long as it doesn't lose adhesion with the wood should last a long time. The problem is that its quite expensive ($60 for a 4x8 sheet of the stuff i like the look of).
My next thought was to just paint it with a flat paint and then put a couple clear coats of polycrylic to give it some protection as well as depth. Its significantly cheaper but may not be as durable or look as good.
My last thought was to go with an automotive finish. Priming, painting and clear coating using an automotive paints. This would give me a much nicer finish than the paint with poly on it but at a higher cost.
The thing is I don't have any experience doing any of this stuff and it sounds reasonable in my head but I have no one to really bounce these ideas off of in person. I could use some feedback if any of these ideas are ludicrous or reasonable. I am sure some would suggest just leaving the look of bare wood or putting a coat of clear on it but it reminds me too much of a kitchen for my tastes.
I use my garage mostly for auto storage(and kids toys) and maintenance. I am also getting more into wood working and then of course general home projects.
I am getting to the point I am going to start building some cabinets to store some of this junk in. I don't plan to do this again for a long time, if ever so I want it to look good and be durable. my initial thought was to build them out of plywood and then cover them using a nice looking laminate that you use on kitchen countertops. It's resilient stuff, has no cure time and as long as it doesn't lose adhesion with the wood should last a long time. The problem is that its quite expensive ($60 for a 4x8 sheet of the stuff i like the look of).
My next thought was to just paint it with a flat paint and then put a couple clear coats of polycrylic to give it some protection as well as depth. Its significantly cheaper but may not be as durable or look as good.
My last thought was to go with an automotive finish. Priming, painting and clear coating using an automotive paints. This would give me a much nicer finish than the paint with poly on it but at a higher cost.
The thing is I don't have any experience doing any of this stuff and it sounds reasonable in my head but I have no one to really bounce these ideas off of in person. I could use some feedback if any of these ideas are ludicrous or reasonable. I am sure some would suggest just leaving the look of bare wood or putting a coat of clear on it but it reminds me too much of a kitchen for my tastes.
I use my garage mostly for auto storage(and kids toys) and maintenance. I am also getting more into wood working and then of course general home projects.