Painting a wooden kitchen

[SunnyUpNorth]

Sorry for a repetitive thread, I know this has been discussed before but I just want to make really sure I know what I’m doing before I embark on painting our kitchen as it will be a big job.

So I think I should:

1. clean thoroughly with sugar soap
2. lightly sand?
3. use zinsser primer - any particular one? How many coats?
4. use a small roller to apply primer and paint (I’ve ordered the Two Fussy blokes ones)

My main quandary is what paint to use. I’ve seen people mention the f&b eggshell, the Little Green Tom’s oil paint, frenchic, rust-oleum and Dulux eggshell to name a few!

Should I apply a clear varnish after? I’m worried about it chipping. I’ve painted furniture before and it’s always chipped a bit.

Any help appreciated! Thanks

Frenchic chips😡
Ronseal cupboard paint also chips

@RetinolStings Thanks, I’ll remove those two from the shortlist!

If you have a farrow and ball showroom near you go in and talk to someone.

Frenchic is absolute pants. I repainted my old kitchen 3 times over 20 years with F and B eggshell and it was brilliant, never chipped.

Now have a Harvey Jones one, professionally painted with Little Greene and it's forever chipping.

So go for F and b

We painted a wooden kitchen with F & B and it was hard work! It shows every brush mark, I watered it down and it was still like painting with glue. In the end I bought a paint sprayer which was better but still hard work. Even that got tedious and we ended up paying somebody to finish the job. Should have just got him in on day one!
my approach was:

1. Sand and fill as required
2. prime
3. sand
4. prime
5. sand
6. paint
7. sand
8. paint
9. realise I’d got uneven brush marks
10. sand
11. paint again
12. spot another bit that looked off
13. sand
14. paint again
15. repeat for the other side of the door
16. reattach the door
17. realise it sticks
18. take it off
19. sand it where it sticks
20. put it back

it was soul destroying… but I do absolutely love our kitchen now that our lovely decorator rescued it. And as much as it pains me to admit and I will never use them again the F&B green smoke looks great 👍

@Lizzyinatizzy god that sounds like a world of pain!!! We had a quote of £1600 to get it hand painted. Might try and get a quote from one of the spray companies.

Little green toms oil or zinsser all coat exterior oil based
for wood oil based is preferable than water based if u can tolerate the smell

Little greene here. It’s not chipped yet in two and a half years.

I did mine a few weeks ago:
-sand
-prime
-paint (two coats and then some finishing details), combination of small roller and brushes. You will also need gloves and dust/plastic sheets to protect the floor and other surfaces.

I also painted the wall tiles.

I went to a specialist local paint and DIY shop and they were great at giving advice.

Is it perfect? probably not but to me it looks lovely and a thousand times better than how it was before!

Depends on the finish you want. If you want a perfect smooth finish, then the prep is very important, brush marks will matter and you'd be better to get a professional in to spray it. Even then, I don't know of any paint that won't chip and mark with use; the paints of today do not wear anything like as well as the old fashioned oil based and full of VOC stuff we used yesteryear.
Our kitchen was originally pine that had not only gone orange but had very prominent wood grain along with plenty of dents and dings. As it was far from a perfect surface, the end finish was always going to be shabby chic. Actually it's way more chic and less shabby than I could have ever hoped. The odd scratch and wear marks do not detract too much, and anyway I just touch them up when I can be bothered. I used Autentico chalk paint.

We used F&B eggshell and it's holding up pretty well a year+ on - one small chip. It was a nightmare to paint with UNTIL we watered it down, but went on quite easily after that.

Alternatively, B&Q match Valspar to F&B shades, they have all the codes on their computer. I used Valspar eggshell on my skirting boards and it's good.

Your list is good - but add another thorough wipe down with a damp microfibre cloth after sanding and before priming. Otherwise you'll end up with dust trapped behind the paint, which can make it bubble.

Thanks all, really helpful. I’ll definitely make sure to wipe it down after sanding.

A friend got a v reasonable quote for spray-painting her kitchen.

Likely to give a good finish I would have thought.

Many high end kitchens purposely don’t have the perfect spray off the shelf finish. Some brush marking shows it’s been hand done.