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I’m building a small cabinet to house a TV for a neighbor. They want it painted with latex, and I was prepared to primer the poplar I’ve used with Bin and paint with a color of their choice. But they also want it to look “worn” in spots to show an underlayer of dark wood. They were not at all interested in having white primer show up, even at the edges of a worn spot. How do I accomplish what they want? If I stain the poplar something dark, how do I prime over that? Can Bin be colored? Can I used some other tinted primer or clear dewaxed shellac as primer under a latex top coat so that when I rub out the top coats, I see the dark wood stain?
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First, you DO NOT want to use latex paint. You want to use a quality 100% acyrlic if you opt to use a waterborne finish. If you use latex the TV will stick to the paint--even after it has cured for over a month or two.
You can use dewaxed shellac over dye to be your primer. You can tint a pigmented primer primer to nearly match the top coats.
You could also use milk paint. Very tough, and works OK over dye, but doesn't need a primer. It needs to go over unsealed wood. Works very well used to create worn looks.
You could dye the sealer black.
Depending on the final look your client wants you could paint, then sand off the places for the worn look and then add a wipe on "glaze" of stain to the entire piece or to the edges to "darken" them. It is a very natural looking "wear". The idea of milk paint is good. Indestructible. And looks great with this treatment.
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