What primer, paint, lacquer to use for painting kitchen cabinets,
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Comments (2)Definitely BIN. I was talked into getting another primer that can be tinted to use under the paint for my kitchen cupboards and am so mad because it scratches off. I did the upper cabinets with Zinsser BIN and I can scratch them all day and the paint stays. I will do the remaining with BIN even though it isn't tinted....See MorePainting Oak Cabinets - Oil or NO VOC Primer?
Comments (1)Use Cabinet Coat - no primer necessary applied to lightly scuff-sanded, clean cabinet surfaces. CC is respectable in terms of VOCs....See MoreWhat is the best paint for painting oak kitchen cabinets?
Comments (1)CLC, I did mine about a year ago with instructions I found on DIY (I think). First I took off the doors and the hardware and washed everything down with TPC (I think that's the right name). You can find it in the paint dept. in a little carton like milk comes in. You mix it up in warm water. It's supposed to clean off all dirt, grease, etc. It did a great job! Next I sanded all surfaces with a fine sandpaper then cleaned with a tack cloth. Then I painted one coat, sanded and tack clothed (?) when it was dry, and painted a second coat. I used interior enamel in a gloss finish. So far they still look pretty good, but I suspect I should have used some kind of oil-based paint since I'm pretty sure the original finish was oil-based. And I should have used high gloss because I wanted much more shine than I got. We didn't take the cabinets out. I painted the doors and drawers out in the garage, but painted the bases where they were. It was a really big job! I took 5 days off work and it ended up taking all that time and several more weekends to get it all done. And most of the doors don't want to close all the way after having the hardware removed and reinstalled. But they sure look better than the old, tired, out of date pickled oak finish! Donna...See MoreLacquered cabinets - what is the best method for painting new cab
Comments (7)I'm going to paint IKEA cabinets. Plan to have them lacquer sprayed at a cabinet shop. I haven't gotten it done yet, so I don't have first hand experience. But, I got the idea of how to from a blog by Carol Reed that someone posted here. She is an interior designer that does lots of kitchens with IKEA and has them custom-painted. She went into detail about it on this blog post, including the kind of paint you should buy to use onsite for anything that you can't take to the shop. I found it most informative, plus if you read through the comments, folks asks questions and she explains more. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: How to custom paint Ikea cabinets...See MoreGB Design
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