Painting honey oak cabinets??????
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Which primer would be better for painting honey oak cabinet?
Comments (10)Brushworks, thank you very much for your information. I finished sanding with 80 grit sander. Do I need to sand again with 150 grit and 220 grit before applying the primer? Does BM Fresh Start seal and bond well? I am afraid varnish is not 100% clear in some nooks and crannies. Is Ben Moore oil based enamel undercoater a good primer and easy to apply? It helps produce a very smooth surface. I never used oil based paint. Really appreciate your help....See Morepainting over honey oak cabinets-Michael are you out there??
Comments (4)I had gotten permission from Michael some time ago to put his instructions up on SearchWarp. Due to organization and formatting issues, I moved it to Squidoo. Had to change the layout a bit to better accommodate Squidoo's format, but it's the same info. Here is a link that might be useful: Michael's Cabinet How-To...See MoreNeed to sand the honey oak cabinets to bare wood before painting?
Comments (16)Errant: gorgeous!!! I used a both caulking and wood putty depending on the type of joint/hole filling. I had recessed panels and at the point of recess needed caulking. Sometimes the paint will fill small gaps, but you really don't know how well until the caulking/filling phase is done. So it's just as easy to do it up front and be sure. I didn't caulk around the inside of the doors, but later I wished I had. Those paint gaps annoyed me even inside. I think I may have gone back over them afterwards. I had no shrinking or caulk issues at all in 4 years (then I moved). I think because the wood is 25 years old, it is very stable. Maybe with a lot of humidity, it may be an issue. Also be prepared that with white cabinets, they do show dirt easily. It amazed me to realize how dirty the wood cabinets were that I never saw. No hiding anything with white! I used BM Aura paint which was very durable and held up great to frequent wipe-ups. I also kept a small bottle of touchup paint handy. (Michaels: 2oz flip top plastic jars) Now BM has Aura Advance "cabinet" paint so either it's just a marketing change or presumably is even more durable for cabinets....See Morenew floor under fridge?
Comments (8)oruboris--the fridge cannot be lowered anymore--it's as low as it can go already :) We do have overlay doors, and were thinking we might have to modify it somehow, no matter what we do, but I'm not sure that we will be able to get all that much more from it... buehl--yes, we will remove the old floor, but it is very thin. As much as I'd like to do the floor up to the fridge, that would make moving the fridge out impossible! Lately, I have been leaning toward cork flooring, in alternating shades of brown, in a checkerboard pattern, but my husband thinks that is not a good "neutral" floor for prospective buyers. Any thoughts? Here is a link that might be useful: country living cork checkerboard floor...See MoreUser
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