Apply Paint – 2 coats minimum Using both the angled brush for detailed areas, and roller for flat areas, apply BEHR PREMIUM® Interior Cabinet & Trim Enamel in your choice of color. Let dry completely.
BEHR PREMIUM® Cabinet & Trim Interior Enamel offers excellent flow & leveling and dries to a hard, durable finish. Its outstanding early block resistance allows for quick return to service, making it ideal for use on cabinets, trim, doors, windows, baseboards and more.
While there are many types of paint to choose from, the best paint for kitchen cabinets is typically semi-gloss, gloss or satin. Matte is not practical in kitchens and baths where you will need durable paint you can easily clean.
Despite oil-based paints' reputation for easy application and long-lasting finishes that can be scrubbed and cleaned regularly, latex paint is widely considered the best choice for most kitchen cabinets since it offers lower levels of VOCs and dries faster.
Choose a high-quality paint. Special cabinet paints are available that provide a smooth finish, but any high-quality paint should work. Make sure your paint is acrylic, not vinyl. Acrylic latex-based paint is durable and easy to clean up.
The two primary differences between oil-based paint and latex-based paint on kitchen cabinets are final texture and dry time. Oil-based is more traditional and popular with purists who like the “painterly” look of brush marks, while latex gives a more consistent finish.
Satin finish is the most popular type of interior paint. Satin paint's velvety sheen makes it better suited to high-traffic kitchens than eggshell or matte finishes.
Priming is recommended on all surfaces. On previously painted surface and on new wood, masonry and vinyl surfaces, or on surface with heavy stains, prime with a product such as BEHR® PRIMER COATINGS™ Kitchen, Bath & Trim Primer & Sealer No.
Stain-repellent BEHR DYNASTY™ Paint ensures that everything from the cabinets to the breakfast nook look just as tidy as the day you first painted them. This advanced product can stand up to practically anything, even a house full of kids.
Priming is recommended over all properly prepared coated or uncoated surfaces. For all interior surfaces, use a product such as BEHR® Kitchen, Bath & Trim Interior Stain-Blocking Primer & Sealer No. 75.
While satin finishes tend to be fairly durable in high traffic areas, they're not as durable and versatile as semi-gloss against mildew and mold. Kitchen cabinets in high moisture environments can, therefore, do better with semi-gloss paints.
BEHR MARQUEE paint can be used as a primer for uncoated, porous, or repaired interior surfaces, including wood that contains tannins (two primer coats are required for redwood and cedar).
If your kitchen gets a lot of use then you want a paint that is stain resistant, grease-resistant and can withstand plenty of cleaning and scrubbing, especially around the cooking area and high traffic areas such as around the door.
On average, semi-gloss oil-based paint is the most durable finish for kitchen cabinets. Because of its sheen, semi-gloss paint can reflect light and remain durable for a long time.
Satin is the best finish for painting kitchen cabinets if you want to play with color but you want to keep a sense of elegance and liveliness to the space.
For wood, brushing is fine, but you may want to hire a professional for a good finish. Using a roller to paint cabinets is a lot faster than brush painting, however, the fabric on the roller will create a 'bobbly' texture on the surface. The texture a roller puts on cabinets makes it unsuitable for gloss paint.
Two coats of paint are essential for cabinets—you're building a surface. By the way, to get the nicest finish, use a brush, a 2- to 2 1/2-inch fine bristle brush. Whatever paint you use, ventilate the room—direct a fan out the window—and wear the masks they sell in paint stores.
Ideally, spray painting cabinets is the most sought after method today. The quality of finish you get from using a spray gun is second to none, and it's by far a faster and more efficient method.
DecoArt Satin Enamel Cabinet Paint
In the past, if you wanted to paint cabinets or furniture, you had to strip, sand and generally kill yourself getting a good surface ready to paint on. Now, with DecoArt's Satin Enamel paints, you don't need to do any of that.
Since glossy finishes are the quickest to show scratches and stains, matte finishes are ideal for those who want to hide their furniture's imperfections. On the other hand, cabinets with a matte finish absorb light instead of reflecting it. As a result, this finish will not help your space feel bigger.
Most people find that satin or semi-gloss paint works the best in kitchens. A common scheme is to use satin paint on walls, with semi-gloss paint used on any cabinets or woodwork that are also painted.
Oil-based polyurethane will give your cabinets a lustrous finish, deepen the wood's color, and work well with almost any wood species. Needing three or four coats to ensure the maximum durability, semi-gloss finishes may take on a plastic-like finish, which some homeowners do not like.
Allow at least 4 hours of dry time between coats. Dries to the touch in 4 hours at 35°F (2°C) to 45°F (7°C) and 50% humidity.