Cabinets II

I used oil based primer due to its stain blocking abilities. I tried to paint one of the cabinet doors with Kilz latex primer but even after three coats the wood bled through. I was very happy with the Benjamin Moore oil based primer, even though it meant throwing the brush away when I was done. It seemed to smooth out beautifully, dry quickly, and hardly left a brush stroke. We used a white Benjamen Moore paint too. It was the most expensive paint I ever bought, but after pricing new kitchen cabinets from Lowes and IKEA, the money we spent on supplies to do it ourselves seemed like nothing!

I brushed on two coats of primer and three coats of paint on the cabinet boxes, lightly sanding between each coat. Many days later and brushing complete, I moved on to spraying the doors with our gravity fed paint gun. Daniel helped set up a rope in the tool room to hang the wet doors. I wish I took a picture of that! We managed to dry all 22 doors in there at once. Those also received two coats of primer and three coats of paint. I spent enough days outside painting that neighbors started to notice and I couldn't imagine ever being done. Finally, with painting complete, we decided to coat everything with a layer of Verathane. I'm sure  there was a more efficient way to do this project, since it took me three weeks of working on it every day to finish it. Now, 4 months later, I still need to attach some of the door handles and install glass in a few of the cabinet doors. Hopefully, this weekend we can wrap it up for good!