Paint Kitchen Cabinets

BPH

Hi, looking for advise on people that tackled painting the kitchen cabinets them selves. I know there's work involved. My query is what did you do to go around the tricky detail, plate racks, wine rack, places a brush cannot go neatly, did you use compressor system or simply spray cans ? Thanks.

Ceepo

BPH wrote: »

Hi, looking for advise on people that tackled painting the kitchen cabinets them selves. I know there's work involved. My query is what did you do to go around the tricky detail, plate racks, wine rack, places a brush cannot go neatly, did you use compressor system or simply spray cans ? Thanks.

Never came across anything I can't get with a brush and roller. You can get angle brushes for hard to get areas.

BPH

Any advise on solution to give cabinets good clean down before I sand, paint etc, some web site's say soapy water, other's mention TSP solution but not sure if that can be got in Ireland, that was in a lot of US web sites.

CarrickMcJoe

I use UBIK 2000. Its an industrial cleaner for kitchens. Spray on and wash off with water. Got it from AV Direct in Dundalk, about €8 for 5 litres but you can get smaller bottles. WEAR GLOVES.
Applied 1 coat of BIN primer and 3 coats of WD50. Its a waterbased product designed for kitchens etc. I'm skeptic when it comes to waterbased paints but I was impressed with this stuff. Dried rock hard.

Markcheese

I was advised by Pat McDonald paints to use "crud cutter" American product , doddle to use and just wipes off -
Then Bin primer - then used two coats of eggshell (satin wood ) paint ( applied with a proper simulated mohair mini roller ) - pretty simple -
I'd just leave the wine rack and plate racks the pine they probably are -probably remove them to paint the cabinets they're in .

irelandspurs

Krudkutter original. spray on leave for 15 mins or so and wash off.

BPH

Thanks for the help, cheers Markcheese for the "crud cutter" and paint advice.

redser7

I did mine last year. Used sugar soap and elbow grease to clean them. Light sanding and wipe with white spirits next.
Then applied 2 coats of BIN primer and 2 coats of Sustain range WD50 eggshell paint. Sanded between coats. Got everything in the Colortrend shop. Came out great. Couple of things I would do differently ...

As I DIYer I found the BIN primer very hard to work with. It is shellac-based and will get your head spinning working with it, open windows wide and work in short bursts. It dries very quickly and I found I had to sand a lot after a coat to get it back smooth. Since doing this job I've used colortrend's own water-based primer and it was a doddle to work with in comparison. Easier to use with a roller too. BIN is supposed to be much harder wearing and I don't have any complaints but it does 'chip' a bit and I've had a few spots come off like that which I had to repaint.
I would be inclined to use a roller more if I was to do it again. Buy lots of good quality sleeves. Roll on thin. Perhaps I would use a good brush for the final coat, but the first three, I would definitely work much faster with a small roller.
Good luck.