The project is moving along and so far it is a witch. I'm washing, stripping and sanding the doors, starting with the worst ones first. Between washing, stripping, sanding, filling dings etc., it's about three hours per door. There are a lot of them that only need scuff sanding so it will balance out. As for paint, I am going to the dark side with 2k Centurion 2800 as there is a dealer only 45 minutes away. On a pro painting site, one guy showed a test where he applied straight lye to a cabinet door painted with 1K Centurion 2800 and on one painted with 2K Centurion 2800. The lye ate through the 1K but did nothing to the 2K. The catalyst is nasty stuff and requires a chemical respirator and Tyvek suit which I have. Catalyzed paint has a pot life of three hours so it's going to take a few days to spray, clean out the sprayer, scuff sand and apply the second coat.
And, the project continues with final sanding of the cabinet doors. Next up, washing, sanding and caulking the frames. And then two coats of primer on all surfaces. And then two finish coats on all surfaces. And then install new hinges and cabinet pulls. and then re-hang the doors and drawer fronts. And then move on to the next house project.
We thought about painting the dark oak cabinets we have in the kitchen. But the dark oak stain cabinets and doors there continues throughout the house. Less than it did when we bought it, but I did enough other updates to the kitchen, lvp over the linoleum, paint walls, and a stainless steel backsplash that the look of the cabinets is fine as it is, aside from getting updated hardware on the doors. About the only other thing to do would be get an updated countertop, and I know a guy that owns one of the better stone countertop places around here. It's just not been a priority. Wife is totally happy with what I've done.
Give me good old laminated countertops. Easy to clean, cheapest option. The tales I have heard about stone and granite countertops scare me off. I would consider the fancy epoxy countertops but I have no where to do the work or the knowhow to do it.
