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Hi! Sorry for not getting back sooner. I chose BM Cloud White for my cabinets (the trim in my house is also that colour). It's a nice soft, creamy white. I can't remember finish off hand but I think it was a semi-gloss. I didn't want anything too glossy. I also changed all of the hardware on the cabinets to brushed chrome - looks great! I also have white appliances and white shutters in my kitchen. Wall colour (don't know it off hand) is a BM sage green. Good Luck!
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thebrixhouse, have you stained your cabinet before?
I am wondering kitchen cabinet can be stained. My friend's father work's for Canac kitchen, and he is skeptical about painting the cabinet, and says it never be the same as factory finished.
How was your experience?
I have also painted kitchen cabinets in the last few years and found it to be a quick and fantastic way to update the kitchen. The one problem that I found with melamine paint (beside the smell and clean-up) was that when it did chip, it chipped big! I talked to someone at BM about that and they said that they are now suggesting that instead of using oil based paint that you should paint with regular latex and then put on a few coats of polyurethane afterwards (also water based). They have found it to be much tougher then melamine, easier to work with and also easier to clean up. IT would involve the same prep work (TSO, sanding etc) but then the painting itself should be easier.
As far as colors - are you also planning on painting the walls? If you are, I would paint the cabinets the same color as your trim or half the tint amount so that they are a bit lighter if your trim is a stronger white/cream. I would then either paint the walls a brown/grey taupe or a soft earthy blue to go with the floor...
Thanks for the help. I think my cabinet is same as chachette's.
I am wondering what color and sheen you chosse. My kitchen floor is greysh white ceramic tile and appliance is white and window treatment is white shutters.
Can you help me choosing the color and sheen?
Painted our kitchen cabinets just a few months back. They were originally a very beat up bleached oak and now they look awesome!. There are lots of good websites out there who will give you step-by-step instructions. Don't recall them off the top of my head but do a search on google. In a nutshell: take the doors off of the hinges, before you remove the doors, you may want to number each one (on the back) so you know where to put it back. You can paint everything but the numbers then go back later (after you've rehung them) and touch it up. Then clean them very well using TSP - make sure they are very dry. Lightly sand them - just enough to scuff up the surface. Wipe clean with damp cloth. Apply primer then when dry, apply paint. Your paint store will direct you to the right primer and melamine paint. The whole project took me almost a week (3hrs per day). You have to let each side of the cupboard door that you paint dry for at least 8 hours (I waited 24hrs) before flipping it over. I used a sponge roller to cover the broad surfaces and a good quality brush for the corners and edges. You cannot skip or shortcut a single step in this process or your cupboards will look like crap. Good Luck!
What you need to do first is to find out what type of paint has been used on the kitchen cabinets, if they were previously painted. You need to know if there was oil or latex applied. Once that is determined then you would wash the cabinets down with TSP and make sure you get any grease or dirt off the cabinets. Once that is done you would have to prime ( if the cabinets are wood) and then apply your melamine paint.
Hope this helps