Painting Oak Cabinets

[SilverSS1969]

I am hoping to start organizing and cleaning my garage soon. I was given tall upper oak kitchen cabinets from my Aunt. I found a set of oak lowers on CL for 75 bucks. I have them all mounted in the garage the way I want them. They are not the same color as each other, they are slightly off. I have been thinking of painting them, but have no idea what color would look and function well in a garage.

Has anybody painted cabinets for your garage? if so, post pictures please (or links). I cant do white. I work on my toys (cars, quads, seadoos and trucks) and white would just get messy. kinda like the metal black with red doors but don't think that would look right with the raised panels doors I have.

I was thinking the wall will more then likely be drak(er) gray on the bottom, light gray on top with a maroon stripe in between.

Thanks for any help.

 

[67carl]

I'm in the same boat (sorta). My plan is to use a chemical stripper then stain them dark. I have oak countertops that I will leave natural and seal them. Maybe stripping and stain will work for you? Try using the search function as I've seen many threads regarding paint schemes for the garage. There's bound to be one or two that you'll like.

Also, do yourself a favor and search for Jack Olsen 12 gauge garage.

 

[RivennHewn]

Oak has a very open grain, and it shows thru the paint.

To get a better paint job, be sure to fill the grain.

 

[southalabama]

Make sure you do the prep work. Degrease them before going back with a sanding sealer and the color of your choice.

 

[jstroede]

I am using spray on truck bed coating. I only have a couple done so far, but pleased with the results.

John

 

[musgofasta]

I'm painting oak cabinets right now...in my kitchen. Will be an off-white final color.

If you want absolutely no grain, it will take a few coats a primer and a good sanding between coats.

Latex is less durable and chips on cabinets in my house. The kitchen paint I'm using is Alkyd, along with a lot of sanding and coats of primer.

I think Grey cabinets would look great.

 

[ddawg16]

Wipe them down real well with mineral spirits and lacquer thinner to remove any oils

Sand lightly

Spray or brush with a good primer

Paint with color of choice

 

[Kevin54]

In the house garage, I painted the cabinets a deeper red with the doors a satin black. I don't have any pics on this computer, but I'll go and snap a couple of pics here in a short.

 

[SilverSS1969]

Sanding and staining is an option but was looking at other options before I resort to that. If I did sand and re-stain, Im thinking an espresso color would look nice.

I was looking at the Rustoleum cabinet 'refinishing'(paint) kits they have. Anyone with first hand experience with these?

In the house garage, I painted the cabinets a deeper red with the doors a satin black. I don't have any pics on this computer, but I'll go and snap a couple of pics here in a short.

This looks really nice. Doesn't look like I was expecting. Those are almost the same style cabinet I have too.

 

[vankaye]

strip off any clearcoat and stain them black. You'll have a nice flat black look but still see all the grain of the oak.

 

[mo2872]

We degreased, then hit with Kilz primer, then paint......

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=960099&postcount=44

 

[scottydosnntkno]

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Sanding and staining is an option but was looking at other options before I resort to that. If I did sand and re-stain, Im thinking an espresso color would look nice.

I was looking at the Rustoleum cabinet 'refinishing'(paint) kits they have. Anyone with first hand experience with these?



This looks really nice. Doesn't look like I was expecting. Those are almost the same style cabinet I have too.

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Here's a before and after of some oak cabinets done with the rust oleum kit. It's actually in espresso too. I usually do a full prime/spray with my nice hvlp system as i do a lot of high end kitchen refinished, but this was for one of my rentals. I usually just replace the cabinets as it's easier but this kit claims you'll get no brushmarks so I thought I'd give it a try. Overall it works great for what it costs.

 

[kluckfab]

If you paint use an oil based enmael paint.

 

[SilverSS1969]

Wow. Lot of good suggestions and first hand experiences. Thanks.

 

[cwlo]

You can also use the water-based enamels like B-moore Advance, or Muralo Waterborne. They have same flow and durability/hardness as the oil based enamels.