Beautiful Urbane Bronze Cabinets

Recently I was called about painting some cabinets that were plain builder's grade.  The customer had already updated their counter tops. Here is a picture before all of the work.

It took several hours of cleaning and lightly sanding everything down.

I applied a gray primer from zinnser 123.

I use a special paint for cabinets called breakthrough.  It is waterbased and low voc.
The new painting and fixtures added a lot  value to this kitchen! Here is a different look with more lighting on the cabinet.

The island was painted black.

Although the the paint is very durable by itself,  I add a clear topcoat in a satin finish.

Here is a picture of the master bathroom cabinet painted in black.

Two Story Foyer painting in Clarksville, TN

Many homes have these type of foyers.  This one was about 20' high.  Often times there is a lot of light coming in such as this one.   This lighting from the window (and very hard on a camera) will produce a major angular reflection on the two side walls.   Because of the numerous repairs the customer decided to go with the flat finish.  Although not as easy to clean, this was the best choice.

With new technologies, a top quality paint in a flat finish will give you a lightly washable finish that works well in foyers and living rooms.

Here is another look and a better picture.

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Cream cabinets with glaze

I recently got called to look at some cabinets that had been previously painted a dark brown called "Turkish coffee"  by Sherwin Williams.

In the picture it doesn't look bad and many people are going with the dark finish.  However, after closer inspection the job was subpar.

In the picture it clearly shows what happens if you do not remove all grease and contaminants.  Check out this short clip below:

The client had decided to do a dark floor with cream colored cabinets and a warm glaze.  After a good cleaning and light sanding  I applied a primer then two coats of ppg breakthrough paint in "milk paint" color.

I also added a nice warm glaze and then followed up with two coats of clear in a satin finish.

As you see I painted the kick toe a satin black.  Here is another look at the completed cabinets:

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Cabinet Refinishing

This kitchen needed to lighten up.  Cabinets were stained like this

As clean as the cabinets looked, it still takes a great deal of scrubbing.  Years of dirt or polishes and grease get built up and must be removed.

Since these cabinets were getting painted white, I had to caulk the edges or it leaves a dark line.

I primed these cabinets with cover stain oil based primer.  I then coated with two coats of ppg breakthrough.

Paint and primer in one? Not always!

When repainting a wall with many repairs and lots of angular light, consider using a primer.

When you have a wall with a sheen to it (non flat) using a primer ensures a uniform finish.  I like to use a primer with some thickness to it that will build texture to the repaired areas as well.
Glidden Gripper was used here in this bathroom for adhesion and top coat performance.

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Kitchen Cabinet repaint

As part of a house flip over near Tiny Town road in Clarksville,  I repainted these old oak cabinets to a beautiful white finish.  We replaced the hardware as well.  The basics steps were:

• Remove doors and hardware.
• Number each door and hinges if reusing.
• Scrub the doors with a degreaser and deglosser.
• Sand lightly clean again. 
• Oil base primer

Two topcoats of cabinet coat.

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