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   CStanford_ | Aug 10, 2001 04:05pm | #1

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   Paint is the finish; semi-gloss or gloss cleans easier. Gloss enamels are too shiny for my taste. If the cabs are stained then a lacquer or a polyurethane varnish would be suitable.

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   Gretchen_ | Aug 10, 2001 08:33pm | #2

   *The eggshell finish is a pleasing surface to me--agree about gloss. Eggshell is just a little different from semi.

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   Francis_King | Aug 11, 2001 12:46am | #3

   *Thanks for your advice. Is there special paint for kitchen cabinets? If we use cleansing agents, would the paint stand up? What about the surfaces that's close to the stove? Should they be specially treated?Thank you.

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   Don_Stephan | Aug 12, 2001 05:34pm | #4

   *Unfortunately, the oil paints usually stand up better to such cleaning than the latex paints. Consider looking at Consumer Reports - they regularly evaluate paints.

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   Gretchen_ | Aug 13, 2001 03:45am | #5

   *I had my cabinets painte d professionally several years ago. They used a primer caled XIM (and no, it is not BIN) plus several coats of eggshell OIL based paint put on with a fine fine roller. It is a wonderful washable finish that has held up--a few nicks that I need to repair. The surface is extremely attractive and I have a LOT of it.

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   Bill_Duckworth | Aug 16, 2001 08:17pm | #6

   *If you have spray equipment and a booth, the absolutely best finish for kitchen cabinets would be a pigmented conversion varnish; following that, catalyzed lacquer.If you're not set up to spray finishes, a good-quality oil-based paint will serve you well. You can prolong the refinishing date by topcoating the paint with clear polyurethane, but doing so will change the color slightly by adding an amber tone to it.For more on this subject, see Chris Minick's "Kitchen cabinet finishes are different" in FWW issue # 139, pp. 141-142.