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Old 05/19/11, 04:49 PM
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painting brand new cabinets.......

and wondered if I use a primer, how many coats of paint total should it take? These are beadboard and very nice. I was going to use a brush and I'm painting them white if that matters. Is there a special paint for cabinets?

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Old 05/19/11, 05:18 PM
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I use enamel. High gloss. Yes, look for a kitchen paint.

edited to add:
Primer is a paint product that allows finishing paint to adhere much better than if it were used alone. For this purpose, primer is designed to adhere to surfaces and to form a binding layer that is better prepared to receive the paint. Because primers do not need to be engineered to have durable, finished surfaces, they can instead be engineered to have improved filling and binding properties with the material underneath. Sometimes, this is achieved with specific chemistry, as in the case of aluminum primer, but more often, this is achieved through controlling the primer's physical properties such as porosity, tackiness, and hygroscopy.

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