Saw one of your old threads as you were trying to choose ipe sealant - I'm in the same boat now. I wasn't aware that putting a stain on the ipe was a thing - thought I'd just want to seal it to preserve natural color, now finding out that doesn't last. Have been considering the same ones you were - Penofin,, Messners UV plus and Woodrich. Looks like you chose this twp 116 product. Ca I ask how you made decision and if you are happy with it, and what process you did initially? Do I need to clean and apply brightened to a new deck? Did you do the stain second coat after just a few mos? Any insight could be most appreciated. Thanks!

Even computer controlled batch mixing of paint can differ subtly from one batch to the next. The easy solution is to take one of your doors to a local reputable paint store and have them color match it. Have them choose "textured" rather than smooth for the match as it takes more than a single measurement and then averages them. It's more accurate than a single scan. Then have a painter paint the molding. On the cabinet company's dime.

Thank you everyone for all your advice and suggestions. I have read each and every one of your posts. thank you- First let me back this up by saying this: My cabinets were initially installed with a sprayed paint on them- a "Pittsburg" paint that my cabinet maker (yes he is old school!- fantastic builder and very nice to work with) had matched up to BM sImply White. Pittsburg is the paint he prefers to use over anything else b/c of it's commercial grade quality. We did not ask for a sample of how the actual color would look but we did however see what a sprayed cabinet looked like. Separately we saw what BM simply white looked like. I guess that's where the mistake was b/c even though it was color matched using a "formula" the cabinets casted a faint lime green tone. The kitchen looked like a "white kitchen" but when you held up real WHITE- you could see a huge difference. SO, without hesitation, our painter took our cabinets down and re primed and sprayed what he could and hand painted the other cabs which had the granite on it. Before he did the "2nd paint", he showed us the white we would be using and asked for approval. It looked white and much better than what was there, so we approved it for our cabinet builder to go ahead and re spray the cabs. Ok- 2nd install- cabinets go it, some look WHITE and others look really off. No consistency. NOT HAPPY!! That's when I wrote my first post on GW. SO, we had our cab guy here today and again, with a great attitude and willing to solve this "white" issue we are having, we decided to talk to the people at BM and do some more research and we are now testing BM Simply white in the ADVANCE. This came highly recommended by the BM people. Apparently the yellowing that you MIGHT see in an oil base is not for YEARS to come- and that's very slight. BUT the oil base paint is the best when it comes to preserving the cabinets from nicks and scratches and with white cabinets, you have to be very careful of that.So with all this being said, my husband and I just held up two painted SIMPLY WHITE BM boards. One on the corner upper and one next to it. BOTH the same white. The one on the curved cabinet is a different color than the one next to it- it has almost and icey bluish tint to it. NOW we think it may be the lighting. So, my husband just ran to Home Depot to get a different bulb for the ceiling light. We will try this before we have our cabinet guy take down everything and repaint!!! I just think white cabinets in our kitchen may just be very inconsistent. Go figure, we have a slew of big windows with natural light and a ton of high hats. this kitchen reno is just part of a huge reno on our house/ gutting and addition- that went smoooooth. The kitchen cabinet part is what's giving us a hard time. going on 5 months without a kitchen. UGH!

We had quartz counters installed recently. One piece was measured incorrectly and short by the installer. Instead of recutting both pieces from one material, only the short piece was cut a second time. The two pieces have different coloring at the seam. Is this acceptable?