Painting Kitchen Cabinets
My daughter wants to paint the dark kitchen cabinets. I know she needs to scrub the cabinets to remove any traces of grease and sand them, but what primer and finish paint should she use? One site she found said to use an oil-based primer, but then latex semi-gloss paint. Does this work? I thought you couldn't mix oil and latex based paint.
Kitchen cabinets should have a hard (gloss) finish
I just finished a similar repaint - the cabinets were structurally sound, and I didn't want more waste heading to the landfill.
Cleaning with Simple green and a stiff bristle (not wire) brush was sufficient to get them clean.
It was surprising, how much of the garage these occupied while drying between steps.
I use Benny Moore products, just to be consistent.
Their Fresh Start Alkyd primer is expensive, but it covers well and levels easily.
We used Ultra Spec as a top coat, as this was the hardest finish available.
All surfaces were painted by brush.