Original 50's kitchen been painted a good few times, going to sand down and repaint cupboard doors/drame.
Any recommendations for a good paint? someone mentioned a Resene product once but cannot remember what it was.
Thanks
fast4motion,
Apr 29, 10:58am
Use a water based enamel. If using Resene products, that would be Enamacryl for a gloss finish, or Lustacryl for semi-gloss. Other paint manufacturers have similar products, just under different names.
jkp58,
Apr 29, 11:01am
use oil base harder wearing. Resene enamel undercoat & High gloss enamel topcoat. Thats what would have been used in the early days before waterbase enamels came on the scene
zak410,
Apr 30, 9:39am
if you're living in the house and don't want the nasty smell of oil based enamel, acrylic enamel is just fine, will last well and give a good finish.
Using those mini-rollers is great for small doors.
articferrit,
Apr 30, 9:52am
We had a car painter friend spray paint our kitchen cupboard doors, etc, good finish, quick, and easy.
redden39,
Apr 30, 11:52am
I painted my kitchen cupboards in Taubmans Oil Based paint 13 years ago and have very few chips. It has lasted really well.
budgel,
Apr 30, 4:36pm
I second the water based enamel. My cupboards have lasted well, so either oil or water based I guess, but with autumn here water based will be dry in no time and the brushes and rollers are cheap and easy to wash clean.
supernova2,
May 1, 1:04am
We recently had to door some internal house doors that had all sorts of paint on them. Took them all outside and used paint stripper. Then PPG waterbased enamel. Looked ok when finished but did show a bit of orange peel effect from the roller. Best way is to get them sprayed but unless you have contacts that won't be cheap.
goose16,
May 1, 7:22am
Use oil based. Much harder wearing and a deeper sheen.
macandrosie,
May 1, 3:25pm
Start with Zinsser Bin Sealer purchased from Guthrie Bowron. No sanding prep for cupboards only that they are clean so wash down with a little dish detergent in warm water & sugar soap to break down any grease. Using a narrow roller (find out which is best) roll the cupboards. You may want to take the cupboards off first? Then one coat only of Bin Sealer. (& it is the kind of paint you go over once, it looks really rough but don't worry just leave it to dry) then roll on 2 -3 top coats.Water based enamel is fine. Just bear in mind it take up to a month to harden.
stretch3,
Nov 15, 2:58pm
A lot of good advice here, the generational preferences are evident also. for starters, my reference for writing this is as a current painting advisor/sales person for a local 'big shed'. the general advisement of acrylic enamel is spot on, Dulux's Aquanamel will give you grief though. With the surface already being enamel, a fresh coat of enamel undercoat is perfect, coverstain is great for this job. Sorry macandrosie, BIN sealer in very expensive, it will work - but is somewhat of an overkill. Coverstain has a 1/2 dry time and 1 hour recoat - low VOC smell too. Resene, Wattyl and Valspar are all great options for acrylic enamels, right through the range, from spacecoat Low sheen to Enamacryl Gloss. i agree with goose16, it is not as hard as enamel - but domestically, it just doesn't need to be. Acrylic enamels have come a long way from the early days of Levenes, they are up to the job now. hope this helps. PS, the gloss of acrylic enamel is a touch softer in sheen than the enamel gloss - ask for a sheen board when instore looking at paints. Resene has good sized 250mm sheen boards to look at across the whole sheen range. Above all, have fun.
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