Lew Hodgett wrote:
Silent Running writes:


Can anybody give me their thoughts on finishing a plywood panel. In
the heads I want a white easy wipe down surface; I've thought of
formica but is there a paint finish that gives a very hard and smooth
finish or how about white pigmented epoxy?


I'm going to use 2 part LP over high build primer.

HTH

Lew



Epoxy with one layer of a fine weave glass cloth to prevent the ply
checking. Then either 2 pot polyurethane varnish if you wanted to see
the wood grain :-) or for your preferred gloss white, 2 pot paint. It
doesn't take much moisture for the ply surface to become really unstable
so you need the glass cloth layer or some other guaranteed moisture
barrier like the Formica.

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