One reason that sheet vinyl tends to be hard to clean is that even though all of them have a polyurethane top coat, the embossing that has become popular has small 'valleys' that trap dirt. Scrub too hard (especially if it's lower cost or old sheet vinyl) or accidentally use ammonia-based products, and the problem gets worse because now the top coat is scratched and traps even more dirt in minute crevices. Your mother needs to understand that all flooring products now have poly top coats. That does NOT make them shiny, it makes them durable. You always want that topcoat to protect the actual flooring product from the abrasive grinding that shoes and feet make when they step upon dirt - every little particulate is like sandpaper grinding on the surface. If she wants shiny, you use a floor polish. BUT, you must periodically strip it off. Otherwise, the build-up yellows and makes the flooring look....dull and dirty again! A pernicious cycle ensues. My vinyl floor tiles look much better (richer, deeper color) when polished. But I won't do that whole wax/wax/remove; then wax/wax/remove again, cycle. It's best to come to terms with what the flooring looks like, no matter what she chooses, and let the whole advertising-driven "shiny is clean!" idea lapse.

Brushing or rolling on the paint will NOT have the same sheen and look as sprayed on paint. However, if you have full overlay cabinets, the only time that you will even see the frames is with the doors open, so your comfort level with that is a judgement call. However, your painter should be perfectly comfortable using an HVLP spray gun on site. It has very little overspray, and you'd only need to mask off the counters and adjacent walls and turn off anything that moves air like ceiling fans or AC's. The plastic at the entrances is more to keep out people and keep in the bit of fumes than it is to prevent garbage in the finish. It's not a big deal to do HVLP, and it's what I would expect from a pro rather than a brush job. For the uppers too. I wouldn't spend the extra money on removing them for shop spraying if the room is plasticed off properly to do the lowers. Leave all of the boxes in place and just move the appliances out of the room for a temp kitchen, and make the whole kitchen a spray booth. If he doesn't own a portable air compressor, then it's time to invest in one!

@maire_cate I used BM matte paint again at this house. It’s scrubbable after it cures for 30 days. I don’t actually wipe it very often 😳 when the light hits it just right I get out the Awesome spray and scrub it. Hm i do the baffles in the dishwasher bottom rack and they slant just enough it closes and I can still fit stuff in. I do them once a week. You can buy Awesome at Dollar General or The Dollar Store I forget which. It’s purely amazing stuff. Dilute according to bottle. It works a treat. I didn’t have makeup air with our 1400 cfm in Alabama and I don’t have it here with the 1200. I think it’s unnecessary. We use the hood on med/ high for as long as it takes DH to stir fry a wok dish for the two of us. Maybe 15-20 min max. The gas fireplaces have standing pilots and they don’t even waver when he’s cooking. After 12 yrs at the other house with 4 gas FP and no other gas appliances in the whole house and high ceilings I just think it’s way over sold. YMMV and I know the Appliance forum never stops talking about it but our GC and the inspector who’s brother is the Fire Chief said the same thing. When DH is doing a big meal if we have company he’s relegated to his 150,000 BTU Chinese propane flamethrower cooker outside LOL! He’s got the huge wok you see in the bottom drawer and a table set up he uses outside. On to more fun stuff! Take the baffles out and set two of your largest soup pots on the front burners. Get them boiling and turn back so simmering and lots of steam. Turn the hood on med. Since you’ve never done this and it’s been ??? how long you’ve had the hood be prepared . Amber goo will drip and drip . You should cover the back two burners but be sure the towels or rags are away from the front burners. I singed one ! Let it go at least an hour. I go outside and come in and out to check on it. You will be amazed at what you get out. You are right about the softening. I know how much I got and we had used the hood just shy of 1 yr when I did it . I want pictures 🥴 Do check on Tradewind liners. I couldn’t get the distributor for this region to call me... should have pursued it. We had the remote blower on the roof so absolutely nothing to clean but the baffles in the Dishwasher. I promise you they are wonderful!

Thank you. Here’s another color we loved.....Cabot’s semi transparent Dark Slate. We ordered a sample of this and loved the semi transparent in this color....not so much in the solid stain. but again the solid stain....which is less transparent.... had a better warranty on the finish than the semi transparent (not that I have any faith in warranties) which told me it would probably be longer lasting.