Painting Kitchen or not Painting Kitchens?

[SMEK30]

Hi i have a question about kitchens
I am doing a renovation and have a tassie oak solid kitchen that is 18 years old.
I have a terracotta floor and love the look of traditional kitchens whilst they are not always in fashion I still love them.
I have panelling on cupboards.
I had some guys come to quote on painting two say it is do able and no problem.
Three have said no way and try to sell their own 2pak or laminate kitchen ect to me.

After much consideration and swinging between choices my number one question still is


HOW LONG WILL THE PAINT LAST ON THE CABINETS.

One other painter said it could chip tomorrow!! or peel tomorrow?
The ones I want to paint it will take away doors into booths ect and then do the rest as best they can on site.


I just wondered if anyone had any other advice about if its a good idea or not to paint my cabinets???

I also think its a waste to just throw these on the tip and put a plastic kitchen in that might only last 3 years who knows. Whilst they look modern and great I just don;t think they will last the distance like this kitchen has already.
Love some ideas or suggestions on this issue.

Thanks for your time
have a great day
bye sonia:roll:

[BaysideNana]

While I can't comment on the longevity of twopak kitchens (mine has only been in for 18 months) I can say there are NO chips/scratches/etc anywhere even though I've bumped the cupboard doors once or twice (accidentally) with a frypan. I'm building again as soon as this house is sold and will choose twopak in the next kitchen. Laminex and all the other door finishes, will chip/scratch/etc so I can't see what some people go on about. Last house had laminex cupboard doors and as careful as we were, over time a few scratches and tiny chips appeared.

Totally agree about it being wasteful and throwing out perfectly good doors and while I was considering a reno (instead of building) I was going to do exactly the same as you have mentioned....have the doors twopaked in a booth and reused. The bloke who did the current kitchen said anything can be sprayed in twopak, it's just if the spray painter feels like doing it...or not!

Good luck, let us know what you decide and I'm sure other people will have some interesting thoughts as well.

;-)

[SMEK30]

Hi thanks bayside Nana
its great to hear others opinions and experiences. Thanks again I really love the look of the twopak but am scared it won;t last the distance and am also scared someone said when the doors come out of the paint booth with just painting them they could crack same day or tomorrow or next week.

That had nearly put me off painting but don;t really know if thats true of not?? good luck with your reno yes I am sitting in lounge surrounded by a house of furniture and goods as we had our floors done friday in one half of house and am waiting for guy to come back today to check and fix some black marks they left on my floor which I think will come out easily.
thanks again have a good day
bye sonia

[David.Elliott]

Hi Sonia,
Our last kitchen we remodelled had 22 doors, so when it came to cost we were up against it.
so... we had some MDF panels cut to size, rounded over the 4 edges and randomly grooved to look like panelled doors.
We then roller painted with off white acrylic and when dry dragged a softish blue acrylic over the top using a brush with the bristles cut very short, kind of a french provincial look.
Then I sprayed with a clear varnish to protect. 5 years on when we sold the home the doors were apparently one of the points that the new owners liked so much.
They stood up very well. The only scary part with two pack is I believe it cures very hard and therefore brittle, which may be where your chips/scratches will come from.
And possibly a recoat later, it may be a challenge to get something to stick to it. We just purchased a three year old painted kitchen from a house, painted MDF doors, and they're all fine
All above just me thinking out loud
David

[SMEK30]

Hi David thanks for your reply. Yes it definatley depends upon budget etc. I just always thought real timber was better than laminate ect but all the kitchen guys try to sell it soo hard to me it is swaying my opinions. I really want to paint my kitchen and will probably go with that and then do the benchtops ect afterwards.
Thanks again for your ideas yes two pack I think has a lot to be desired unless you really take care of it even though it looks great. wish me luck lol:)




Hi Sonia,
Our last kitchen we remodelled had 22 doors, so when it came to cost we were up against it.
so... we had some MDF panels cut to size, rounded over the 4 edges and randomly grooved to look like panelled doors.
We then roller painted with off white acrylic and when dry dragged a softish blue acrylic over the top using a brush with the bristles cut very short, kind of a french provincial look.
Then I sprayed with a clear varnish to protect. 5 years on when we sold the home the doors were apparently one of the points that the new owners liked so much.
They stood up very well. The only scary part with two pack is I believe it cures very hard and therefore brittle, which may be where your chips/scratches will come from.
And possibly a recoat later, it may be a challenge to get something to stick to it. We just purchased a three year old painted kitchen from a house, painted MDF doors, and they're all fine
All above just me thinking out loud
David