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A few years ago I made a very big front door for someone who wanted one "Like they have at 10 Downing Street." As everyone knows it's a VERY shiny, deep black.
I just painted it with Crown gloss black, having given it a couple of coats of aluminium based primer, giving it a rub down between coats at all stages until the finish was as smooth as the proverbial, which was a nightmare in the workshop both from dust and small flies, but it looked the business.
Like Woodsmith says, it's a lot of work. He's probably right to suggest car paint because it will go off quicker and give more of a 'lacquered' look, But you'll still need to rub it down between coats, for which I prefer to use finer grades of wire wool.
It was oak, by the way.
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