Wall and cabinet paint question

[admranger]

Ok, so while I am re-doing the garage (no progress yet, still planning), I want to repaint my finished interior. It has a textured drywall interior painted flat white.

I want to go white gloss or semi gloss for the walls and for my wood cabinets I'm building that will hang on the wall. My painter is saying that I should go eggshell for the walls and semi-gloss for the wood cabinets. I'm looking for light reflection and ease of clean up, but I don't want something that looks odd. My painter wants to roll the walls and spray the cabinets.

This is a big wall of cabinets, about 18 feet of a 22 foot wall. Rest of the garage walls and ceilings would have whatever paint the wall does.

So, should I stand my ground for gloss or semi-gloss all around or is my painter smarter than me (totally likely...)?

Thanks!

 

[evildky]

the brighter sheens will show the imperfections of the surfaces, the duller the sheen the more forgiving, if you don't mind spotting all the mud seams on the walls and the nail heads on the cabinets paint it all semigloss, the higher gloss does clean better as well

 

[Wingnut65]

If he wants to come and clean the off eggshell, let him go. I prefer the semi-gloss and gloss for the ease of cleaning. Truthfully, the finish on the walls will be hardly noticed what finish it is. It's the cabinets that will get all the fingerprints and leaking bottles and cans that will need to be cleaned up. Gloss is much easier to wipe down.

And roll the walls and spray the cabinets is fine!

Good luck!

 

[roboref]

Definitely go for the higher gloss finish on the walls. We went from flat wall paint to gloss and honestly couldn't tell the difference in covering imperfections and a definate plus for ease of cleaning.

 

[ChristopherLutz]

I just put eggshell on my walls (over flat, textured) - HUGE improvement and it's pretty "wipeable", if that's a word.

You may have a sheen called 'satin' in between egg shell and semi-gloss, depending on the paint maker.

As I'm building wood cabinets now (and need help with keeping square) I decided to pain them eggshell as well. It's easier to touch up and wipes off fine enough for me.

The "old school" rule is semi gloss or gloss on wood - flat or eggshell on the walls

 

[admranger]

I just put eggshell on my walls (over flat, textured) - HUGE improvement and it's pretty "wipeable", if that's a word.

You may have a sheen called 'satin' in between egg shell and semi-gloss, depending on the paint maker.

As I'm building wood cabinets now (and need help with keeping square) I decided to pain them eggshell as well. It's easier to touch up and wipes off fine enough for me.

The "old school" rule is semi gloss or gloss on wood - flat or eggshell on the walls

Thanks. The painter did mention "satin", but for some reason I thought it was less glossy than "eggshell". I'll go with "satin" then on the flat painted walls and semi gloss on the cabinets (inside and out).

Thanks!

 

[Jack Olsen]

That will look good. Full gloss on walls generally doesn't look very good.

I have semigloss on all my surfaces. On plywood, it looks okay. If I had drywall, I would not have used it.

 

[admranger]

That will look good. Full gloss on walls generally doesn't look very good.

I have semigloss on all my surfaces. On plywood, it looks okay. If I had drywall, I would not have used it.

Thanks!