Painting Kitchen Cabinets.
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May 23rd, 2009
Hello, I’m in the process of repainting my kitchen cabinets. I believe the previous owners tried to stain the all wood, light oak cabinets a dark color and then decided to paint over the stain with a thick oil based white paint. They did a poor job of it. I’ve since removed all the paint using a heat gun and sanding the cabinet frame and doors down to base wood. I want to repaint the kitchen cabinet white but want a professional looking job. My question is what primer and paint should I use. What tools should I use. (I was thinking of purchasing a Wagner HVLP Sprayer) Can I get a professional looking painted cabinet without using a spray gun. Thanks for your help.
Richard Man U says:
Hi Casa using high quality paint and tools, you can get a professional looking result, but it won’t look like a commercial cabinet finish, as they use lacquers and/or Urethanes to do their colored finishes.stay away from Latex and choose an Arylic enamel, (or oil enamel). The problem with spraying paints, is that the viscosity is so high, even a good gun will have trouble atomizing the paint. Water borne paints also don’t “flow out” the way solvent finishes do, which contributes to the finish laying flat and smooth as it dries. You can add a product like Floetrol to enhance the paints ability to do that, but it needs to be done carefully. I have painted several kitchens with Benjamin Moore enamels, high quality brushes, and Foam trim rollers.but there is a technique to getting a good end result. Good brushing and painting technique is extremely important to getting high quality results, working in a dust free and well lighted environment, and little to no air movement while applying the finish is also important. Buy the best paint and brushes you can, it DOES make a difference.I like Zinsser’s Bullseye 1-2-3 primer for wood, it bonds well, and can be lightly sanded if needed, and in a situation like yours I wouldn’t hesitate to use two coats of primer, and tint it if you’re doing anything other than white or off white. Resist applying the paint too thickly as well, just go in knowing you will need three coats on top of the primer to get good coverage and a film that will be durable.
Maybe if you want more information,You can refer to this website which show you an article and videos abaout Kitchen cabinets and Kitchen Backspalsh Ideas
How to Paint Kitchen Cabinets
http://home-cabinetsideas.blogspot.com/2009/05/kitchen-cabiners-ideashow-to-paint.html
that may give you an ideas to make your kitchen to look nice and perfect
Kitchen cabinets refacing VIDEOS
http://home-cabinetsideas.blogspot.com/2009/05/try.html
How to Replace Kitchen Cabinets
http://home-cabinetsideas.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-kitchen-cabinets-ideashow-to-replace.html
How to Select and Install Kitchen Cabinets
http://home-cabinetsideas.blogspot.com/2009/05/installing-kitchen-cabinets.html
Kitchen Cabinets BLOG:
http://kitchen-cabinets-ideas.blogspot.com
How to get Kitchen Backsplash Ideas for your Kitchen Article:
http://kitchen-backsplash-ideas2.blogspot.com/
Great Kitchen Question and Answer Blog:
http://kitchen-question-answer.blogspot.com
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Painting Kitchen Cabinets BLOG
http://home-cabinetsideas.blogspot.com/2009/05/kitchen-cabiners-ideashow-to-paint.html
Hope that helps, post back if need be- regards- Richard Man U
May 23rd, 2009 at 1:47 am
K.B. says:
Obviously the previous answerer has a lot of experience, and you are set on painting. But here’s a quick story of our experience.
We had virtually the same sort of cabinets you do. The previous owner had the same wood, stained then painted, white.
I hated the white cabinets the day we moved in 16 years ago.
We finally stripped the paint off (frames only) with a heat gun & some sanding. They were beautiful oak.
We then purchased oak doors from Lowe’s, made by Quality Doors in Texas. That oak is red (not like mohagony, just a light reddish blonde color), but the old frames are white oak. So we just added a little tint to the final coat of polyurethane,.
They came out gorgeous. Sears quote us $30,000 for fake wood or painted wood doors, and some sort of veneer over the frames.
We did ours for around $5,000 including having some of the pairs of doors done in “mullions” which mean frames with some wood detailing, that we then had glass added to.
Well worth it for us.
Good luck.
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:38 am