Love the time and care you took with the prep and masking and preparing areas for spraying and drying. Many a job can be stuffed up by trying to shortcut those steps.

I'm glad you liked it Tom, I was using Berger oil based undercoat and Dulux semi gloss enamel for top coats. I don't think the brand matters as much as the fact that you should use oil based paints on kitchen cabinets. As for tips, I used a 213 for the undercoat and a 211 for the top coats. The undercoat is not as fine as the top coats so that's why I used the slightly larger tip.

Yes it does have a good view, the deck that I was working on is build out to the top of the sand dune so all you need to do is step off the deck and walk down to the beach, a great house to work on.

Good luck with your cabinets, hope they come out looking great.

Thanks, yes patience is the key to any good paint job.

Perfect finish pal. Great job.

Hi Derek, I used 120 grit for first sand, these cabinets were timber that had been previously clear coated. There should be no issue as long as you give the surface a good sand and use oil based paints, applying two tops would be a good idea. As for melamine cabinets I would have some concerns painting them but in most cases the doors are normally beyond painting and need replacing.

great job and tasty video lad. I do d exact same procedure when I'm spraying cabinets. best instructural video on utube if ur thinking about doin ur kitchen, this man knows his stuff.

Thanks for posting video, it's a great way to show people they should hire profesionals.

finally someone that uses an oil primer,,great work,,,to many people do not sand and then use a laytex primer to go over varnish

Great work and handling of the gun....As for cleaning the surfaces after sanding I prefer using Naptha since it does not leave that oily residue. I use a graco 395 air assisted with a 211 fine finish tip. Best primer is any alkyd wood undercoater like the one you are using and as for the finish any alkyd gloss enamel works great. Waterbornes are a little to thick and are very difficult to work with. Very neet when prepping. Keep bringing them videos.....

Nice job mate , did the same at home saved a fortune on replacement units

Maybe a rag on your blocks would do good to pad 'em. But I've worked on a cabinet pack throughout the house, kitchens, baths, and walk-ins... There were 85 pieces, shakers style doors plus the built-in base units to do. I did all myself, removing everything, labeling, masking sanding, fill, caulking (detailed shaker style), 2 coating with lacq undercoater, sand, 2nd prep with lacq putty, 2 coat with satin impervo-alkyd. All in 2 weeks, then hung all by myself, they came out flawless truly.

Great vid.. inspirational but daunting at the same time..

Great video! Thanks for sharing. What brand of undercoat and top coat are you using? And also what size of tip? Regards Tom

Very good video with quality info on painting kitchen cabinets

Brilliant info. Thanks.

It was a long time ago when I painted those cabinets but I would say they would have been either solid timber or a veneer not a melamine. Melamine is that board that comes in a variety of solid colours and some timber looking patterns but is smooth to touch, a veneer is a thin slither of wood glued on to chipboard, so it still has the grain in it.

I am going to paint my kitchen cabinets soon so I am here getting some pointers. Thanks for the informative video! I am going to paint them with rollers and being the perfectionist that I am, I think they will turn out great. I will be painting them hi gloss white. And, yes...I will be taking off the doors!! lol Thanks again and I'll bet those cabinets look great in that kitchen now!! Good job, mate. Cheers~

Yes, the backs are sprayed first then left to dry, once dry the fronts are lightly sanded then sprayed. The reason for this is there is always the slight chance of damaging the first side you paint as you need to turn door over to paint other side. A small scratch on the inside of the door could be touched up with a brush and not really be seen but on the front it would stand due to the different angles the doors would be seen from.

Nice job! i wish i had the money to pay someone like you to do the painting! could you recommend a spray gun type for a beginner, airless/ hvlp ? thanks

Thanks mate, great video!

Great video! Nice work

I would have switched between a 411 and a 211, as for pressure I can't remember exactly but I would say about 1200 psi. All paints vary in viscosity so there is no exact pressure, all you can do is have a starting point and alter the pressure to suit.

nice Job howtopaintinfo! they came up really nice.

what did you use for a second coat? and did you put the undercoat directly on to the cabinet?

Yes its a 211 or sometimes I use a 411 for enamel and they seem to work fine.

good job wht was the grit sand paper that u use people have asked me to paint cabinets i dont like doing cause i dont think that it will last to long painting over those surfaces care to comment thnks ...

Generally I will use it straight from the can but every brand of paint is slightly different so there are times when I do thin the paint slightly.

Are you spraying the back sides of these doors?

The undercoat was applied directly onto the cabinet as it had been painted with a clear finish before, if it was bare timber then a primer would have been used. I applied two coats of Satin Enamel after applying one coat of undercoat.

awesome finish on them doors man

Generally I always remove tape the day after for two reason. 1) Just in case it hasn't turned our right and you need to apply another coat. 2) The paint work will be dry the following day so there is no risk on damaging wet paint.

A sanding sponge won't remove all the gloss, the idea is to remove any lumps or dirt that may have settled on the surface. Its not a hard sand its just a light rub over. Personally I always use oil based (enamel) for interior woodwork and normally always use semi gloss. I don't think semi gloss is too shiny, the cabinets in this video have been done with semi gloss and some times I wonder if they would have looked better in gloss. So its really what you prefer.

did a good job with that

Very nice work.

Good job so it should look

Awesome video and a lot of good information in the comments section. I have a question. You show that you sand doors between the coats. Do you also lightly sand the built in structure? If yes, how do you make sure not to damage the taping job? Plus how do you make sure there are no particles on the tape and plastic covering the opening?

Great video. How do you prep the walls to paint over the gloss/semigloss overspray?

Few tips he forgot to mention..........The type of tip used on the gun is very important. You cant use just any size tip. Also.... Make sure everything sits a good day or two before attempting to put things back together. Even though the paint looks dry and feels dry. It takes longer for it to cure because paint dries from the outside in. Its real easy to nick the finished product by putting hardware back on. I usually tell people 2 days to cure then ill comeback to put things together.

3:01 That view, Wow!

You could tell me privately if you like. I understand what you are saying about soft blocks but I normally just take care in what I'm doing and set them down carefully. I haven't had any issues with scratching as yet but merely explained why the backs should be done first. I normally respond to answers as if the person hasn't painted before, just to give a little reasoning why some things are done the way they are.

Hi great video! I am hoping to do something similar in my kitchen....but the material of my cabinets has a plastic feel, and they're hollow...I'm not sure if they are covered in that material called thermofoil?? Would I be able to paint like this straight onto this kind of material or should I strip this covering off first? Thanks for any advice you can give :)

Thanks, yes it is cheaper then replacing them, even if you paid some one else to paint them for you the cost would be far less then replacement cost.

Hi, just wondering if you ever thin oil-based topcoats when using airless? Thanks for the vid.

Second coat ( finish coat) it's water base paint or oil base? Thanks!! And BTW looks awesome good job mate

Every job is different and every job has unknown variables, houses are normally easy to quote were some commercial or architectural designed building are a little more difficult. As to how to price them can vary from working on a fixed hourly rate but giving the client some indication on how much it will cost. Some painters will quote by the square metre but the best way is too work out how long the job will take you to do.

Great tips as usual.I have 2 question. 1) Around the 4 minutes into the video you said "after the second coat you lightly sand with a sponge. Wouldn't that remove the shine from the paint? 2) I need to paint a built-in-furniture. Would you use an oil emanel. And would a semi-gloss be to shiny>

thas't the rigth wy to paint some cabinets.. great job

great job, tell me something, how do you price out a job? by the hour? by the size of the job? what's the best way?

just wondering what tip size and pressure u ran the airless at with the gloss

Can you paint a wooden cupboard like this, using just a normal spray paint from like bunnings or something?

fantastic ok painter barcelona

Not sure if this question has been asked or not, but what paint did you use for this project? Special primers too? Thanks

are they laminated cupboards? is it possible to paint a laminated/mdf sort of kitchen

Probably would Prime that using the Dulux Maximum Strength adhesion primer at 40 Microns.

so is that an oil primer on top of a scuffed Melamine surface? not lacquer right?

What primer and paint did you use?

Airless is for high volume stuff like factory production or miles of fence creosote, HVLP is better for finish and woodworking jobs - better finish and much cheaper gear

whats this spray gun called you used and what brand or type of paint did you use? Sorry if you said this during the vid been a long day searching for the best stuff to use. Jen

When do u peal off tape how long after ur done?

This is great. How do you manage painting both sides of door. Do you wait until one side is dry and repeat for other side?

This is a fantastic job. I have a fitted wardrobe in my bedroom, can I do the same there?

is it a bad idea to use latex for the paint or primer?

Very nice looking finish. Just curious, I have a Graco airless, what tip size did you use? And, what sheen finish, semi-gloss? I'm a big fan of oil base primer and finish for cabinets. There is just more " cure time " involved. I'm not talking about dry to the touch, but totally dry, and cured out. Nice job. thanks for sharing. JohnG

But I did all 6 sides at same time, multiple coats same day. 85 pieces all drying at same time, in home, in two normal sized rooms. I hope to find my pics of that, I need to develope 2 old dispoable cameras I'll see what's on them.

Good to hear, the worst part is hanging them again as you don't want to scratch them after doing all that hard work.

Hi , What is the best water base paint for cabinets ? Please name it the best one ! Again many thanks 🙏

Thanks, as for recommending a spray gun, that's a hard one as I personally have only ever used an airless. I still gloss (oil based paint) all my woodwork (trim) with a brush and only use the airless for doors or cabinets like the one in the video. I have heard a lot of good reports from painters that use hlvp and know a few that use them for painting all woodwork. Try hiring one first before you buy. I find by the time you mask everything its just as quick to use a brush on certain area's.

In the end, what is that spot on the far side lieft of the board? A dent? Or a bubble?

what paint product are you using?

what is mineral terps?

Hello. My cabinet is a yellowish white, while the door of the cabinet is normal white. If I spray the cabinet with white spray, is it enough or do I need a primer and clear coat as well? If yes, why?

8meals.If you do the same process as shown.you can use zinsser primer.not necessarily oil base.just wipe off all the dust with mineral spirits as he did.

what paint are you using

Use fflp tip with 208 and if its waterbase add about 5% water , it does look like my hvlp results

what sort of paint did you use? it appears quite glossy , i am trying paint my cabinets as glossy as possible.

What size tip did you use?

what do you think about waterborne paint?

Im planing on building myself new kitchen cabinets. While I feel comfortable around the wood shop, painting is not my thing. However I plan to learn. My question, using a paint spray gun similar to the one you are using in this video, is it difficult to spray the finished cabinets (minus doors and drawers) or would painting the pieces before assembly be the only way to do it. I want good quality but I would really rather not go through the hassle of painting each piece before its installed. Just was not sure how spraying something like a base cabinet would go with all the nooks and crannies and such. Thanks, nice video.

What sprayer? What paint?

What tip are you spraying with?

Can i use a wagner wallperfect w867e

oil based or latex for the paint?

I thought this was a wonderful video, I have all the same equipment except for that tip, it must be a two inch tip, something I have never used. I saw a rack 10 graco fine finsih tip that small but it seemed to be more for lacquer than emamel.

Jeepers - I find brushing hard work but the hazmat suit and makeshift spray booth? Ooh, I don't know. Will stick to brushes for now.. Great job though - looks mint.

Well it shows people there is more to painting then just slapping on some paint.

The tip should be 315 or 415. It is better to build a rack with nails in a sealed room so all you need is to flip the doors once.

is it called lacquered mdf...??

Yes I know all about that. I have sprayed cab doors many times in the fashion you showed in this video, using different variations in techniques. I learned to use soft blocks instead of wood blocks, or I set them carefully.. Sometimes I set them all out and spray them and don't move them until dry. But biggest trick is different method altogether, you might like it I don't really want to tell everyone on youtube, but would tell you privately if ya wanted. I have respect for other professionals

That jelly needs to be refrigerated after opening.

what your pump

James Holmes IncI like painting finished

what? wheres the pics/video of the finished kitchen??

question.... at 0:42, mineral what? your accent has got me!! mineral terps?

Tip size is 212 or 211.

model machine airless?

WTF i love this but hard work and needs done professionally :(

Why Didn't you cover the inside boxes before you sanded, that way it would have kept the dust out while sanding and then it would have been ready to go for paint...good god???

I don't see any of the answers to any of the questions. Do are they posted somewhere else? And since I am new to this KZfaq posts. Where do I go to see if he answered my questions........is it www.youtube.com? then where do I go. THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP. Brenda bAUGHMAN