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Got a few days of leave coming up and planning on painting the horrible laminate kitchen I've inherited but can't afford to replace outright (and has odd-sized doors 👿 )
Here's what I'm planning
1. Clean down with Sugar Soap
2. Prepare with Polycell liquid sanding
3. 2x Coats of Dulux Trade Eggshell (Solvent based)
Questions
Do I need to throw an undercoat in there as well? If so what should i use?
Would I be better off with a water based Eggshell?
thanks
I generally always undercoat, not sure if there is something specific for the cupboard coating but you tend to find the time taken pays itself back in the final product finish.
Zinsser Bulls Eye 123 primer is your friend.
or Zinsser BIN ( shellac - probably better for laminate )
+1 for a decent undercoat/primer and then as many coats of paint as you can do without running out of money or getting bored. I forget but I think it was Zinsser that I used doing the same on our kitchen refurb.
Thanks folks useful to know, will throw on a coat of primer as well then.
I wouldn't be painting a kitchen with builders grade eggshell. I assume cabinets/door fronts. They will look pretty rubbish and you would be better served to spend your time applying a more appropriate product to get a much better end result.
I'd look for a modern melamine paint alternative. Look for waterborne alklyd slower drying, good self leveling. Much better chip and damage resistance.
If available, ppg breakthrough is an excellent waterborne acrylic. Benjamin Moore (now in UK) also have an 'advance' line in Waterborne acrylic. These will all happily take cans of food on shelves without being sticky.
Yes more expensive, but you're probably only looking at a gallon or so.
Also consider repairing and dents or old hardware holes as adding new handles at the end is an cheap way to make things look different.
As above B-I-N is a great primer over laminate.
Done mine a few months ago with some oil based eggshell.
Original finish is factory painted MDF, keyed the units with 180/240 Sandpaper and primed any areas where the original paint had rubbed off or was damaged(original reason for repainting).
Used a very fine plush mini roller and 2/3 fine coats, rubbing down in between.
End result is a very finely textured finish and hasn't chipped yet.
Owatrol ESP followed by spraying on a few coats of Farrow and Ball Estate eggshell with a HVLP sprayer.
Quick, easy and good results that show no signs of wear in the couple of years since it was done.
Have emailed you a before and after pic... the FB paint is obviously not bargain basement cheap but its not too bad