Painting newly built cabinets

[Steve Strohm]

Hello

Hope everyone is doing well. My question is about painting both sides of newly built plywood cabinets.

I've primed all sides with 1 coat of primer. For the final coats (BM Advance), can I simply paint the sections that will be visible? Will the primer be enough on the unseen parts to counteract any temp/humidity changes?

Thanks in advance,

Steve

[John TenEyck]

Just paint the parts that show. The primer is more than enough for the unseen parts.

Commercial cabinet manufacturers only prime/paint what shows. Plywood is stable stuff.

John

[glenn bradley]

Just paint the parts that show. The primer is more than enough for the unseen parts.

Commercial cabinet manufacturers only prime/paint what shows. Plywood is stable stuff.

John

I don't do it much but I think I do as John does; prime all, paint the show faces.

[Steve Strohm]

Thanks Gents. Saved me having to buy a second gallon of paint!

Also, 1 coat primer is enough for bare wood yes?

[John TenEyck]

Yes, as long as you get full coverage, with no bare spots after scuff sanding on the show pieces. On the parts that don't show, don't worry about it. I never prime those parts anyway.

If you haven't used Advance before, I think you'll really like it. It goes on great with a brush or roller, and sprays great with a little thinning. A word of caution, however. It takes a long time to dry, at least 16 hours, and a really, really long time to cure, at least a month and probably more.

John