How to paint kitchen cabinets?
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Hi Sherry, I painted my dark brown and cabinets in the kitchen. They look great but there is one thing I wished I had known before I started. That was because the dark color might bleed through I used 2 coats of Kilz and then 2 coats of my light color. I don't know what I was thinking. I took all of the doors off their hinges and painted them seperately. Then I painted the base cupboards with the same 2 and 2 coats. What I didn't realize when I attached the doors when everything has dried was that where the cupboard closes there would be essentially 8 coats of paint. None of the cupboards would close. I had to carefully chisel the inside lips of all the doors of the build up of paint preventing the doors from closing. I only did the inside lips and it worked. Good luck. It was more work than I thought it would be.
Sherry, it's extremely important to prep if you want it to last. Top coating isn't necessary if you follow this.... Clean (TSP is a good choice), sand off any uneven spots, prime (Kilz works well), paint using a latex enamel gloss paint. Use an hvlp or a very fine nap roller. Avoid using paint brush. You will need two coats of the final color.