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New cabinet: Paint or Laminate? (for the cabinet itself)
crashwg:
I told the guy at HD what I was using it for and he suggested "Glidden Evermore Exterior 100% Acrylic Latex Semi-Gloss" it came in black which is what I plan on using and I figgured it's exterior paint so it has to be somewhat durable...
Of course the guy at HD could have been wrong and since I haven't painted yet, I coldn't tell you if it would be the best thing.
While we're on the topic, if you happen to think the paint is the wrong stuff, let me know. HD has a VERY liberal return policy!
REBIRTH:
As long as it isn't Behr's (which Home Dept sells too) - that stuff is CRAP. I used to think all paints were basically the same... Whoofaaa! I painted my front door with Behr's, took like 5 coats, each coat dried almost the second I brushed it on, so it was incredibly streaky... Anyway, I have had good results with Glidden.
Rawker:
--- Quote from: sofakng on June 25, 2004, 08:25:58 pm ---Ok, would you recommend any certain kind of paint? I'm pretty sure I was told to get "semi-gloss black."
Is one brand better than another? Should I get anything specific? I'll probably get it from Home Depot or Lowe's...
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get melamine paint
Teknique:
Laminate will be very expensive. Something around $30 from WilsonArt to do my controlpanel just for the laminate. You would still need laminate router bit, j-roller, and adhesive.
For the sides I used a high-gloss black from Home Depot (cant remeber if it was Behr or Glidden). I found that a foam roller would give a really good sheen but I could not get rid of the roller "tracks" after each swipe so went with a regular paint roller that gave me very good results with a little more texture.
Tek
FoX:
"- much easier if you haven't done laminate before"
Definately much easier to paint but its not *that* difficult to laminate. I had never done it before last Wednsday and once we figured out how to do a test piece successfully we flew through the rest. Had everything laminated (and I mean *everything*) and routed down in 1 and a half days.
"- you said you are almost done with construction... I could be wrong, but wouldn't you want to put the laminate on before assembling the pieces?"
Yea.....I have no idea how you would laminate if you already have it together.
"- if you mess up with paint, just put another coat on. Not so easy with laminate"
Very very true
"- cheaper"
Cost me $120 worth of laminate to laminate the entire cab
"- if you plan on putting side art on the cab it is easier to attach it to paint"
Not sure why this would be easier on one than the other but I have not tried to attach side art
"- most real cabinets use paint, not laminate"
Maybe, but I've definately seen alot of "real cabs" that had alot of laminate
"- I have heard of laminate peeling way from the cab years later"
God, I sure as hell hope not for awhile :p
Laminating was definately intimidating to begin with but I'm already loving the results. The hardest part was finding a good way to cut it up without cracking it. After a bit of trial and error we found that a circular saw with a very fine blade with its depth set just deeper than the laminate worked wonders.