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elvis:
About 2 years ago I bought a 4L tin of Taubmans black gloss acrylic paint from Bunnings.  It cost around AU$70, and so far has done 2 cabinets, and I'm not even half way through it.  Obviously more expensive than your cheapy interior stuff, but worth it for the durability.

It's 85% gloss, and dries like hard plastic.  Very scratch resistant once fully dry.  The only bummer is it's turps cleanup, which means after 2 coats you probably want to chuck your rollers out rather than waste time/effort/money trying to clean them and reuse them.  Also, you'll need some decent fine weave or mohair rollers to really get the best finish from gloss paint.  Cheapy synthetic stuff will leave bubbles and/or fluff in the paint, which looks bloody awful.

ginno:
The Dulux Weather shield 1 Litre tin I bought is apparently 'Hard Wearing' so we shall see how it goes. 

If I wanted a higher sheen finish i had to go with an oil base like the one you speak of, that was going to be even more expensive.

I bought a mohair roller but never got a perfect smooth finish which dosen't bother me too much as it will not show smudges and fingerprints etc as badly (i think)

Cheers ginno...

elvis:
Yup, all the Dulux Weather Sheild stuff is tough.  It's exterior paint, so it'll take a beating without fading or chipping, and is especially recommended for tabletops if you've got mates drinking around them, or resting beers on them. :)

Mohair will give you an ever so slight texture to your cab.  If you want perfect mirror finish, then you've got no choice but to invest in a spray unit.  You can get airless spray units which make cleanup a heck of a lot easier, and give you less splatter.  Pressurised air units are far easier for large surfaces, however.

Also, if a mirror finish is your goal, then you need to do a hell of a lot of sanding in between coats.  Either that, or get your initial surface nice and smooth to start with, and head for two pac.  Of course, that stuff is pretty damned expensive, but gives a superb finish.

It's pretty easy to go overboard on your paint job.  Cost wise you can spend anything from $20 to $200 easily for a variety of finish qualities.  It all depends on how much you care about the finish, and what your budget is.

paigeoliver:
Is paint really expensive in Australia or something? I can't ever recall spending more than $10 US on a medium sized can of paint. I have a black can (almost out now, just did ANOTHER machine with it), and a red can that have really been lasting me a long time.

elvis:
EVERYTHING is expensive in Australia.  Low population densities plague us in every single retail field you could think of.  Not to mention the fact that our tax system totally sucks, which adds to the problem.

You American and European folk have it lucky when it comes to getting your day-to-day materials cheap.  We on the other hand have buckets of empty land at half the price you'd pay for it.  Pity it costs us twice as much to build a house on said land.  :(

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