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Originally posted by Beancooker:
Well one side of the doors are primed and almost all the frames are primed. I ran out of primer. At least they’re open tomorrow.

I’m tired, as in too tired to even take pics. All I have done all day is tape and mask and paper and god I hate the shit. Then I painted. For what seemed to be forever.

The one great thing about Benjamin Moore Advance Paint, is that it makes a shitty painter look like a pro. Too thick and orange peel, I left it alone. It leveled itself out. Looks fantastic.

Time for a margarita of celebration and a shower.

I sure as hell wouldn't want to do that job!!!!!!!! I hate painting also, well not all painting. I like rolling paint, but absolutely hate cutting in, using a brush, or taping. Hats off to you. I'm sure it will look great when you're done.......

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Originally posted by jimmy123x:
I sure as hell wouldn't want to do that job!!!!!!!! I hate painting also, well not all painting. I like rolling paint, but absolutely hate cutting in, using a brush, or taping. Hats off to you. I'm sure it will look great when you're done.......

Bro, I don’t mind the rolling that much, and the spraying, once I found my balance with the universe and the sprayer, is all good.

I hate masking shit off. I mean it’s super detail oriented, and the results rely heavily upon it. It’s annoying and it’s not easy. It’s a goddamn art, and I’m not an artist.

That said, I took forever masking everything off, and there is a bit of satisfaction when you can let the paint fly and give zero fucks because everything is well covered.

Now unmasking will be a challenge because I’m sure after a coat of primer and two of paint, the shit will need to be razor cut. Hopefully it peels off, but I have only had that kind of luck when it’s one coat and immediate removal. So unmasking will be almost as annoying.

But damnit, I’m alive and healthy and my wife is giddy with excitement over how it looks. And it’s only got primer on it now.

I have to pick up some dinner. After that, I’ll snap some pics.

I’m sure there will be a lot of advice on primer and how to apply it. This has worked fine for me in the past. Two coats of paint and life is good.

Looks good from here.......Be careful though.....if they turn out too good....your wife will want you to paint them grey next year.....hehehehe......

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Originally posted by wolfe 21:
I like the original dark look myself.

I'm already hearing from kitchen remodelers here (TX) that the all-white kitchen is so 2018 HGTV.

Just my luck that if I paint my cabinets everyone will want dark ones.

Opticsguy, we don’t watch tv, so at least I don’t have to worry about HGTV changing my wife’s opinion. This is just her style. Has been since I met her. If it were up to her, everything would be white and sterile. I help balance it out.

Jimmy, this is the second house I have painted the cabinets in. It is also the last one. Walls aren’t as bad, but cabinets are a total pain in the ass. I told her that if we end up buying a different home someday, she had damn well better like the kitchen, negotiate the paint job in the sale, or have enough saved to pay a professional. She said okay.

Our painter guy who is awesome, Kendall who owns Greens Painting in NW Houston painted our kitchen cabinets.

NO WAY would I attempt to paint those myself.

Hats off to you bean cooker for the skilz, but I think the original dark cabinets looked awesome.
Be careful she may want new backsplash an flooring because yall had warm tones and white is a cool tone. Ask me how I know!

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Originally posted by Beancooker:
Opticsguy, we don’t watch tv, so at least I don’t have to worry about HGTV changing my wife’s opinion.

I'm trying to sell a house with a kitchen that was remodeled in 2002. It might as well be from the 50's. 90% of the people that go though want an open floor plan, kitchen island, granite countertops, white cabinets, etc., etc. They aren't going to get that in a 40 year-old house unless you start removing walls and spending 6 figures.

Open floor plans are nice when you have a baby or toddler, but when you have 3 sullen teenagers you will wish for more rooms and less open space.

if you leave that yellow tape up too long you will have a horrible time getting it off or lifting everything below it. green is my favorite or blue being second.

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Originally posted by wolfe 21:
I like the original dark look myself.

I second this, I think those cabinets look good with the backsplash. Once you go white it seems like it will be too dark...

I'm with you guys. I like the dark look but I can understand wanting a change.

Count me in as well. I’m sure the white will look great as well. I guess I watch too much HGTV because every kitchen looks the same. They all have white cabinets with grey veining in the granite and 50’shades of grey worth of accessories.

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Originally posted by XLT:
if you leave that yellow tape up too long you will have a horrible time getting it off or lifting everything below it. green is my favorite or blue being second.

So Ken at the local paint store assured me that we are good for six days. I was skeptical and he said I’m good for six days interior. Exterior, buy better. If I need more than six days, buy better.
I rolled the dice.

I hope I rolled a 21 or craps or a full house, or something related.

As long as that shit ass tape doesn’t turn to brittle, paper fuckol of removal we are good.

OP, I will be following your thread closely. I am in the process of preparing to do the same for our kitchen. We have been in our house for 5 years. Wife want to freshen up the house and paint the kitchen cabinets white. I already did some work in our living room. Painted the wall light grey and TV stand white. Brush and roller for the wall and TV stand. Next up is the stair case, to be painted white as well.

But... the kitchen seems to be a lot of work. I am still doing research on how to "properly" do the cabinets.

Please post a some pictures of your finish product.

BEFORE:


AFTER:


NEXT PROJECT:

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Originally posted by ador:

But... the kitchen seems to be a lot of work. I am still doing research on how to "properly" do the cabinets.

Pay a professional to do them. You have a very large and spread out kitchen and a professional who can spray it and has the proper stuff will save you A LOT of frustration and time.......

The cost of a professional, at least here, is cost prohibitive. I had every intention of having a professional paint them. I called and called. No one will touch cabinets. Then I finally get referrals to the only two companies that will paint cabinets.
They ball park it over the phone before coming out to do an official estimate. They asked sq/ft and number if doors. Based off those the ball parked quoted me $5000-$7000. If I was still interested, they would come out and give me a formal quote.

That’s why I’m doing it myself.

Beancooker,

My father owned a lumber yard while I was growing up. He would refinish cabinets. He always told me that there was a lot more surface area to a cabinet than meets the eye. I'm not jealous at all. That being said, you project looks like it is moving along nicely. Good work.

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Originally posted by Beancooker:
The cost of a professional, at least here, is cost prohibitive. I had every intention of having a professional paint them. I called and called. No one will touch cabinets. Then I finally get referrals to the only two companies that will paint cabinets.
They ball park it over the phone before coming out to do an official estimate. They asked sq/ft and number if doors. Based off those the ball parked quoted me $5000-$7000. If I was still interested, they would come out and give me a formal quote.

That’s why I’m doing it myself.

Where are you located?

I started asking around for quotes to have my cabinets professionally painted. Around that same cost from Beancooker. The only thing that is stopping me from doing it is my fear of screwing up the paint job. When we decide to sell the house 5 years from now (which we definitely will when its time for us to relocate), the bad paint job might pull down the selling price of the house (if I do it myself and mess it up).

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Originally posted by Beancooker:
The cost of a professional, at least here, is cost prohibitive. I had every intention of having a professional paint them. I called and called. No one will touch cabinets. Then I finally get referrals to the only two companies that will paint cabinets.
They ball park it over the phone before coming out to do an official estimate. They asked sq/ft and number if doors. Based off those the ball parked quoted me $5000-$7000. If I was still interested, they would come out and give me a formal quote.

That’s why I’m doing it myself.

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Originally posted by ador:
I started asking around for quotes to have my cabinets professionally painted. Around that same cost from Beancooker. The only thing that is stopping me from doing it is my fear of screwing up the paint job. When we decide to sell the house 5 years from now (which we definitely will when its time for us to relocate), the bad paint job might pull down the selling price of the house (if I do it myself and mess it up).

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Originally posted by Beancooker:
The cost of a professional, at least here, is cost prohibitive. I had every intention of having a professional paint them. I called and called. No one will touch cabinets. Then I finally get referrals to the only two companies that will paint cabinets.
They ball park it over the phone before coming out to do an official estimate. They asked sq/ft and number if doors. Based off those the ball parked quoted me $5000-$7000. If I was still interested, they would come out and give me a formal quote.

That’s why I’m doing it myself.

You have A LOT larger kitchen than bean cooker and a lot more spread out. I'd say $5-7000 is a very fair estimate for yours (including materials). I couldn't even begin to imagine how many hours it would take to do yours correctly. I'd guess somewhere around 100
man hours, maybe more. Removing all doors, removing the knobs and hardware, prepping them, painting both sides, masking cabinets, prepping them, painting them, several coats on everything.

90 percent of painting is the prep, if you dont spend the time up front don't expect a great finish. all it takes is a little bit of silicon on a door to cause a fisheye that is almost impossible to remove unless you go down to bare wood. Most people have no clue as to how many hours it take to do it right. most think painting them is easy and a quick cheap way of finishing them, I would much rather stain and lacquer cabinets as it's much more forgiving. typical home owners will let the small things slip if they are doing it themselves but if you hire it done nothing ever gets by. done the road with with the changing of the seasons wood expanding and contracting you will get small cracks that you will have to address as well.

Darthfuster, I’m in Cottonwood, AZ. Doubt you have heard of it, but we are 15 miles from Sedona, AZ.

XLT, I’m now starting to get nervous about the tape. Today should be the final coat, and I’m definitely worried about the tape lifting the paint. Razor knife at the tape edge prior to pulling it up?

Ador, your kitchen is easily twice the size if mine. Honestly, the painting part is not too difficult. The hard part, and time consuming part is all the damned masking, and prep work of the wood. TSP wash, rinse. Light sanding, dust removal, etc. if my kitchen was as large as yours, I don’t know if I would have tried to tackle the job. The part where I am running into issues is space to paint. There are so many doors. I’m doing both bathrooms and a hallway cabinet as well. So having room to lay out the doors after they are sprayed so they can dry, is where I am having issues. A professional shop will have drying racks, and that would probably make life a lot easier.