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Painters Plus · 04-10-2006, 08:12 PM

My first kitchen cabinet job. There is 35 doors at 30"x 22" and 12 doors at 11"x 22" , 9 drawers at 15"x 6". Painting both side of doors and the face of all cabinets. Cabinets are from floor to ceiling. Using Ben moore melamine paint, 2 coats. Do I also need to prime? Or just sand with 220 grit. They say melamine paint doesn't need priming first over shiny cabinets. I figure 2 gallons would do the job! Is this about right?

lornmastro · 04-10-2006, 09:59 PM

when i have done cabinets i always take them off and scrub them down...haven't found a kitchen cabinet not filled will grime. used a brillo pad to clean them and then sanded them as well then primed.but i did them with latex and oil based paint. used the hot dog sponge rollers and they came out great.good luck.

Woz the Painter · 04-11-2006, 03:29 AM

take your door, drawer size multiply length by width by number of coats to get square footage, then determin how much a gal. will cover. Don't believe the manufactures sq. foot on label, almost always on the high side.