sailor wrote:
I am going to make some new doors for some kitchen cabinets, and
want
to use a durable paint for a finish. The frames were painted in the
past, and by the pulls, and knobs, the paint is coming off. Looks
like
it might be latex, but not sure.

The doors, and drawer fronts will be MDF. The frames have no peeling
paint.

What would be a good finish? It's not a high end house, but I want
toe
finish to hold up.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Commercial manufacturers of kitchen cabinets often go with
precatalyzed lacquer--ML Campbell Magnamax is one example--easy to
apply, cleans up with lacquer thinner, available as a clear or a white
base that can be tinted whatever color you want. Not horribly
expensive either, at least not around here. Very durable coating.

They've also got a waterborne, "Polystar" (or in clear, "Ultrastar"),
but it doesn't brush well, you'll need to spray it for best results.

If you want the _real_ good stuff go with a two-component
polyurethane. IIRC "Awlgrip" is brushable. Do _not_ spray it without
an air-supplied respirator--cartridge masks don't work with 2K
urethanes.

For any of these, read and follow all surface prep and mixing
instructions carefully and use the specified primers if any, and for
the precats when they say "120 day shelf life" they _mean_ it.

Be best to strip any existing paint, if you don't want to do that then
a shellac barrier coat may be a good idea--the solvents in a precat or
a 2K urethane are pretty "hot" and may life or dissolve more
commonplace paints.





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