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I've got some old plywood boxes that I made almost 15 years ago. They're 1/2" plywood and are painted red, green and blue. I used to store all of our Christmas decorations in them and they doubled as lawn ornaments with metallic ribbon on them to look like presents.
We now have too many decorations for them to be practical (plus they are too heavy to lift into the loft) so I'm converting them into LOR unit "obfuscators". I'm putting 3 LOR units in each one and then will place them out near the action and only have to run one power cable (multi-stranded) and the ethernet to each one.
My problem is that the paint is looking shabby and I've never been a fan of painting. What should I do to restore them and preserve them?
I'm figuring just sanding them with 80-grit and then 120, priming, painting and then adding a coat of polyurethane.
Is this a reasonable approach? Any suggestions as to brands to use/avoid?
I would just paint them with some good sealer then some quality exterior paint. If you put urethane over ??? type of paint it may lift, crack or peel. Working with different types of paint can reall be a pain in the butt sometimes...
If you do end up trying urethane top coat use a spar urethane made for outdoor/marine use. It will hod up better to the weather and sunlight. I always try a practice piece before the final project just to make sure the paints are compatible
I would definetly sand any loose stuff off. As for paint I would go read labels at Lowes or the Home Depot. Someting I forgot to mention a few years ago I painted a water rocket launcher I made (wood) with rustoleum I did several coats so it's very thick and it looks great. It's always getting wet and is in the sun quite a bit and still looks the same as when I painted it.
