Kitchen Cabinet Repainting Texture Sub Standard?
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How to repaint kitchen cabinets ?
Comments (12)You know it's funny. I don't have a license to paint because it's not required in my state. I also do not have any references because I certainly do not want potential customers calling my previous customers and bothering them. I'm the best painter around. If you are looking for great painters, please try and find a friend that has used a painter and was happy. If you don't have any friends that have used painters then go into a real paint store and get some names. They will give you names of painters that have been around a while and pay their paint store bills. These are 2 good signs. Whether the cabinets should be stripped or removed and sprayed will depend on many factors. If the paint is in good condition, it may be okay to just paint over it. If there are brush marks on the cabinets that you want removed, then sanding down to raw wood may be a good idea, but this will be expensive. Two coats of high quality washable paint is standard, but painting over a green color may take a third coat....See MorePainted kitchen cabinets=funky texture. HELP!
Comments (4)PinkBee, what paint are you using on your cabinets? I am painting trim.. and my first attempt was to use Benjamin Moore, White dove in an oil base, and found it to messy to clean, so I switched to their "Advanced", with is a water base - enamel finish. It is suppose to be great at leveling, leveling. It is - fantastic... looks like an oil base, but after a few weeks I decided I didn't care to the color of white dove - too much yellow, and I was looking more for a neutral off white. This forum raves about the color White Dove.. but to me, it was way to yellow! My search for the perfect white paint went on.. I tried 5, and just couldn't find the perfect one! I bought a subway tile, in the perfect off white color and tried to pick a paint from that... it brought me back to WHITE DOVE! ???? Than it finally dawned on me... the white dove paint I was using YELLOWED (within 3 weeks!) It was a completely different color from what I started out with. I switched to the Aura line, which will be non-yellowing. It goes on nice, but the advance went on smoother... but I'll take the light brush strokes in exchange of all my paint yellowing!...See MoreLaminate? Kitchen cabinets how to repaint
Comments (7)If you're still interested, it was bamaspice's awesome kitchen. I'll post the link to the FKB and she explains how she did it. FWIW, I'm attempting this with my old cabs that we removed, trying to make a portable craft station with a couple of old base cabs on casters. Mine weren't super smooth once I peeled the laminate off though. I'm wondering if they can be skim coated or something to smooth the texture. But because they are just going to be in my basement I didn't worry about it and just primed with Kilz and spray painted black. I've only done one door and one drawer so far, haven't figured out what to do about the sides and back of the cabs yet. Good luck! Robin Here is a link that might be useful: bamaspice's amazing kitchen transformation!...See MoreCombi steam for (mostly) Wolf/Sub-Z kitchen
Comments (9)I have copied my post from another thread, I have done a bunch of research but haven't taken delivery yet. The original poster I was replying to was concerned about cleaning the units so it has some more detail about that specific activity than you may care for... also I wouldn't get the wolf oven. I agree with wekick... there are too many horror stories with the enamel chipping that it just isn't worth the risk with such an expensive appliance. Here is what I have learned, I hope it will help you. I will include some thoughts on the Gaggenau model as well as I have done research and had a cooking demo on it as well. The Wolf: Just went and looked at it again today...I have a problem :) It's my least favorite of the ovens but with the discount on offer right now it's also the cheapest. 2 year standard warranty. No broiler or bake element, just convection. No manual control over steam levels, just two modes 'Covenction Steam' and 'Convenction Humid'. Humid' doesn't emit steam but seals the oven cavity to preserve moisture. No option for a plumbed unit. Oven size: 1.8 cubic feet In terms of cleaning, I do feel like it is on the easier end of the spectrum. No self clean mode but, it recommends that you set the steamer at 175f for an hour to loosen grime and then wipe down. As there are no other elements it's really just cleaning a stainless steel basin. There are a lot less cleaning rules in the manual for this one than in the others. One other thing to note, I find the doors on the Wolf to be the heaviest. I do like how it looks aesthetically ( contemporary, retractable handle) and how it is entirely flush with your cabinetry. The other options all stick out to varying degrees due to the handles. The Miele: Very nice oven. As Kim mentioned it comes in two sizes the XL (48L, 1.7 cu ft) and the XXL (68L, 2.4 cu ft). With the XXL you are getting quite a bit more oven space for a similar price, the only tradeoff being preheat time. In addition to the convection fan it has a covered baking element in the bottom and an exposed broiler element on the top. Some people on here have complained that the broiler element gets dirty and it hard to clean. I was at Miele the other day (I have a problem!) and after insulting with the manager it looks like a screw driver is needed to get a good clean above it. Taking out the element entirely does not seem possible. I am going back to talk to the chef there next week. There are a lot more rules about which surfaces to clean with what in the manual. The cleaning section is like 5 pages vs wolf 2. The 'PerfectClean' thing is a non stick type enamel coating on the interior that is supposed to make the recommend cleaning after each use easier; not a self clean mode. In short I'd say hardest to clean of then all. Right now they are offering 10% off or a 10 year warranty. I think that warranty is very, very nice and may tip the scales for me alone. One thing a lot of people here seem to repeat is that these CSOs are complicated machines, that will probably need some service at assume point. It would be nice if that service was free for 10 years. Best steam control, as others have mentioned. You can move the humidity in 1% increments although after reading about the steam generation methods on all these ovens I am skeptical that it could have that kind of accuracy. But definitely most adjustable of them all. I like the looks. The ergonomic handle with the swivel is very smart design. I don't love the control system compared to the others. Thermador: I will be honest and say this is one that I did not research as deep as the others. I have seen it in person twice. It has the largest capacity of all the ovens at 79L or 2.8 cu ft. It terms of steam control it has a mode where you can choose a temperature and either low, medium or high steam assist. Definitely a little vague. The Thermador has another type of coating called ecolytic. It says it is a matte ceramic material that is non porus. It can be refreshed with their high heat auto ecolytic clean mode. I have not seen this in action or heard anyone's experiences with this but know that people are wary of high heat self cleans these days. With the exposed broiler I imagine some of the same cleaning concerns as the Miele. The cleaning section in the manual is detailed, but the tldr is clean with soapy water. 2 year warranty. Styling and control scheme is not for me but not bad at all. Gaggenau: This is the oven I thought I wanted at the beginning and will probably still get. It looks really sharp. The controls are great. No handle at all, which is really nice. Also the only one of the bunch that has a side open hinge. Could be good to limit bending. It is the most costly of them all and there are no o bundles or deals on the near horizon (Their terrible promotion ends at the end of the year). Oven size is 1.7 cu ft or 48 L. Steam control has increments at 0, 30, 60, 80 and 100%. One thing of note, that I think Sheri mentioned is that this oven does not have the hand holding modes that the others do. You have to set the heat and humidity yourself. Appeals to some not others. 2 year warranty unless you buy 5 Gaggenau appliances, then it is 5 years. It has a broiler under glass ceramic so it doesn't get dirty. No bake element on the bottom. For you, perhaps the most valuable part, it has the only real self cleaning/descaling mode that I have seen. This is the one that you plug the cartridge into the roof of the oven and leave it to do it's thing for a few hours. Seems pretty simple. Not a high heat clean. Looks kinda like it turns into a dishwasher. For what it's worth I have narrowed down to Miele XXL or Gaggenau. Hope you love whatever you get!...See MoreH B
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