"The first time I painted kitchen cabinets, it was a slapdash affair. I was living in a rental apartment with a very absent landlord, and I figured I wouldn't lose my deposit for painting the hideous cabinets. This was before there were thousands of how-to videos on YouTube, so I did what any twenty-year-old would do when they needed DIY advice: I called my dad."
"My second attempt at cabinet painting came with my first owned apartment. Now that it was my kitchen, I used the same dad-prescribed tip - but I took the extra time to take every door off, really sanded out each imperfection, and waited the recommended amount of time between each coat of color. The cabinets looked better, but still, the paint job eventually chipped."
"I told them what I usually did, and they said my process was good, but they recommended I try a different kind of paint: A waterborne alkyd. I'd worked with both latex and oil paints before and knew the pros and cons of each, but I had never even heard of this type of hybrid paint before. I was thrilled to discover that alkyd paint can be cleaned up with soapy water, but contains resins that give the paint an enamel-like finish."
The first painting effort on rental kitchen cabinets was informal, involving washing with TSP, light sanding, priming, and semi-gloss latex paint, which improved appearance but lacked a professional finish. A later attempt on an owned apartment added complete door removal, thorough sanding, and proper drying time between coats, yielding better results though the paint eventually chipped. Consultation with paint-store professionals led to trying waterborne alkyd paint. Waterborne alkyd cleans up with soapy water while offering resins that produce an enamel-like, durable finish, combining advantages of latex and oil paints for longer-lasting cabinet surfaces.
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