Painting Wood Cabinet Doors with an Airless Sprayer. Getting A Professional Glossy Finish! 

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Hes the man no doubt.. 24 years for me and I still learn stuff from him.. 😂

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Awesome! Thank you!

My pleasure!

Benjamin's COMMAND fixes the dry time problem completely.

Thank you for sharing! We sell them at Paintlifesupply.com

Try tlfinish.com or waterbasedfinish.com for product purchase. Both websites have ways to contact for product info.

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Yeh we use 400 or 500 on top coats and 2 coats of primer sanded with 240 first then 320 next

@@hlg_theshepherd2873 right. Mine is usually similar. I like to just do a single heavy coat of Stix primer. It can bridge gaps and go on stupid thick without cracking or anything like that. So I usually just do one single thick coat of that. And one coat will be enough to sand and not burn through into the wood as long as we are using beech, maple, or MedEx MDF. But something like Poplar can take 2 or 3 heavy prime coats. I usually sand with 240 and then 400 on that same single heavy coat. Then come back with 2 or 3 light top coats of Scuff-X if i'm on my airless. That's what I'll use if it's gonna be in a kitchen or something that might have water contact. If it's gonna be like a closet or an entertainment center or something I don't mind using vinyl sealers and pigmented lacquers or something. But ya.... Super interesting that he said 150g. If it covers properly then no harm no foul. But I'm very interested to see the "glass smoothness" once it's dried.

I was using a superfine sanding sponge.

@@Idahopainter I'm looking at getting into spraying cabinets professionally. What paint would you recommend? BM Advance seems to offer the best finish and durability, but the 16 hour drying time makes it less feasable. SW Emerald seems ok, but it seems to have a poor finish and I've seen it perform poorly in durability tests. Are there any other brands you;d recommend?

Tip Saver soaking in TS-99. Both available at paintlifesupply.com

Stix by insul-x.

BIN is really good.

He said the 310 with 1800psi early in the video.

@@routyrodney I must have blinked my ears!

Great video ! Have you ever used 210 fine finish tip, works great too

Also where can I buy the sander that you are using?

Renner USA

Your gonna love that Apollo. Take the time to play with it before you start your real projects.

Must have been the harbor freight tips or the sprayer, I run HEA tips 310 and 515 using a titan 440 and it always works great for almost everything, lots of possible culprits can cause clogs

Adjust your pump. It's probably to much pressure

Simply personal preference

Were they previously painted? What paint did you use for topcoating? If you used an oil based topcoat over a waterborne base it can do exactly as you describe.

No idea what he used but Zinsser BIN shellac based primer is pretty much the gold standard primer for cabinet work. Sprays like a dream straight out of the can, sands easy, dries fast, stops tannin and other stains. Strong solvent smell but dries fast so smell doesn't linger for long. Alcohol clean up. No idea why but ever since covid prices for it have skyrocketed. Still worth biting your tongue and using it. Graco 310 ff tip is what I use with it.

Thanks for sharing!

"Its always" and "95% of the time" contradict each other? Its never always. It depends on what product you are using and what or if the doors are already coated.

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Thank you very much for the video it is very helpful. Question.. is that the best paint you can use for kitchen cabinet? Or what paint do you recommend?

@@maguirre8444 hey Jerry. I'm a pro cabinet maker and I've been spraying my own woodwork for about 8 years. I'd say my finish quality is excellent. I personally use Scuff-X top coat from Benjamin Moore. It is widely considered to be the best top coat out there by pros right now. It's a thick finish tho. You can't really spray it out of an HVLP because it's so thick. I've done it before... But you start to lose adhesion by thinning it down. You can go get a Graco X7 from Home Depot for about $450, then get a fine finish tip (310 or 410) and then crank that airless up to max PSI and that Scuff X will lay down smooth as glass as long as your surface is prepped properly. Scuff X doesn't really like thick coats tho. You'll need to spray thin coats.

@@MaydaysCustomWoodworks thank you very much!

@@MaydaysCustomWoodworks stix primer and MH ready patch. Do you always sand between every coat?

@@lexandersantana8089 if I want it to look as good as possible then I will always sand between the coats of primer. With Scuff X I will only sand in between coats if I screw something up lol. Other than that it seems like I can hit the next coat without sanding... But I only do that if it was recent from my last top coat. Meaning the bottom layer isn't fully cured. If it's been like... A week or two since my last top coat I will feel more comfortable sanding it first. Idk if that's required. But that's always what I've done to be safe. Also ... Recently the Stix primer I've bought has been thicker and it's been getting a little bit of minor fish eye while spraying. I wonder if they've reformulated it recently. This last job I used it on it took me a while to sand out those fish eyes... In the past it was never an issue. So I am currently considering using other primers because of that issue. Other than that, Stix is amazing. I tested some Monobond interior/exterior bonding primer. It's Kelly Moore's version of Stix. It is super thick, so you'll need to spray it out of an airless. But it seemed to perform really well so far. I'll be testing it more today. I may be switching to that instead of Stix. Time will tell.

i use 2K poly to paint cabinets

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Helps to get those spots covered with primer once before the first coat, thin coat while you’re still masking off to be efficient

Same product it is self seal

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Please elaborate on this health concern?

@@allcoatpainting8515 there is no known protection against isocyanates other than venting it out to the outside air. Chris is spraying here just beside garage door opening so the hazard is low. It's something to know when you move with spraying and drying to enclosed spaces.

Correct, On full projects we have our booth vented out a window with a blower.

No it will not

Absolutely

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Bondo glazing putty is for smaller holes. It shrinks a lot. However it is harder and sands finer to eliminate stuff spackle will not like brush marks ect. Spackle is to soft and does not bond as well to do this.

I am sure it is quite clear to everyone that I am squeezing it out of a tube and not mixing two parts.

@@njmallday yeah, I’m going to try to use an airless sprayer next time using 208 tips and lay the doors down instead of hanging them. I hear a vinyl sealer is good so I may try that

If it doing oak u need grain filler prolly

I think Chris uses AquaCoat for oak and other raised grain cabs.

I prefer hanging

Daughter went there

It’s Renner. $80to$100 a gallon. Check out Eric Reason utube.

Where can you purchase the products?

How do you like emerald? Pros or cons?

@@25258721 I actually enjoy using it. There have been times I couldn’t spray and have had really good results brushing. It levels out very nice. The cost for me is the biggest draw back.

Minorca Home Solutions can this paint be sprayed with an airless?

Ekasand and Surfprep are the best of the best when it comes to sanding. Festool has a great system that works together, like apple products

I use Renner 851 selfseal 2K poly

Thank you for replying,do sale that too ?

Thank you for replying, do you sale that too?

Yes

@@Idahopainter how long can you do that? and is the tip covered with plastic and bucket?

One I made. I have a video showing how I made it.

Years of experience! But in your area I would recommend calling around other pro to keep up with prices around you !

@@melissaluster1596 thank you

@Boom Stick but how about drawers and cabinet boxes, and prepping. Or that price includes that?

I charge per door.

If you spray

@@Idahopainter I don’t own a sprayer is it possible to get it without out a sprayer a smooth finish with a brush or a rolloer

@@homerscustoms7635 it isn’t

I was using superfine sponges.

Renner USA

@@Idahopainter where do you get at

Great products

Could be material is thick/wrong size tip. Could also be that you are moving to fast and not laying down a good film. That’s just the first couple that come to mind. Hard to say for certain. What material and set up are you using?

@@joshuasmith448 I’m using lacquer with a graco sprayer and a fine finish tip. Last weekend I started out putting thin coats and letting them dry between coats. That was giving me more of the same so I ended up putting down multiple coats one after another to really soak it and that worked perfectly. I thought that I was supposed to run this tip with low pressure but now I’m thinking that the pressure was too low and I wasn’t spraying enough paint. I’m just not sure how it’s going to work on the bathroom cabinets because I can’t put it on that heavy or it will run. I think I will up the pressure some and do the other doors to see how it comes out before I shoot the cabinet.

You need to adjust pressure properly to eliminate fingering.

@@Idahopainter my business is taking off thanks to your knowledge I appreciate you sharing on RU-vid I have 10- 5 star reviews so far just started this year the credibility is there.

adjust pressure and back off to close maybe!

Apollo Precision-5 PRO Limited Edition Turbo or for 2 grand cheaper check into the TITAN CAPSPRAY HVLP SPRAYER 105 or the 115 price is around $1,419.00 Good-luck, & sorry of too late 👍🏻