Charlie:
John from Spring did. He sent us this one. He says, “We want to have our kitchen cupboards painted white. Right now they’re stained oak finish.” Now, i imagine that’s a job for Rudy.
Tom:
He could definitely do it.
Charlie:
He did it for me. He did a great job. What can they expect in doing this? What’s the process in doing that, Tom?
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Tom:
It’s fairly simple. You wipe it down with a deglosser and then that’ll clean it and that will etch the surface. Then you always use an oil based paint. You’re going to prime it, you’re going to caulk it, you’re going to paint it. The primer and the paint need to be of the same brand whether it’s Sherwin Williams or Pittsburgh or any other brands out there. Make sure they match each other. Basically that’s it. People say why caulk after the prime? Because the caulking will hold better and it won’t dry out as much because you’ve sealed it in and you’ll be able to find all the little places where the paint doesn’t quite get in the little gaps and crevices around the moldings and things like that. You do caulk after you prime and then you go ahead and paint.
Charlie:
You’re going to use an oil paint on this?
Tom:
Absolutely. Any woodwork is oil based. There is a downfall if you go real white. If it doesn’t get light, it’ll yellow a little bit but it does it so evenly you won’t notice. It gives you a harder finish and it won’t chip like latex. If you get talked into the latex products or the water based products you could run the risk of having a problem down the road because they don’t sand nice and you can’t fill them in and touch them up. What it does is it just peels off like a rubber skin. That’s meant for the sheet rock products.
Charlie:
In our old house, Rudy did those with our cabinets and he shot them. They didn’t brush them.
Tom:
It just gives you a nice cleaner look.
Charlie:
It did look great. Anyway. Something else to consider, John.