Paint suggestions for MDF cabinet

Evil Reny

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Giving a shot at my first cabinet paint job,wondering what type of paint to use ( latex, oil )
and what methods are used for painting sanding ect.

Its a MDF/press board cab. sides are white and insides are black.
I would like to sand and paint the entire cab .

Any help would be great
 
definitely sand and prime, the finish is only as good as the prep work. I just did a Street Fighter cab in latex with a sponge roller, very satisfied with it. (anyone remember the free paint giveaway a couple months ago?) I got a quart of ebony black, eggshell finish, finished the metalwork off with gloss black, turned out great
 
Giving a shot at my first cabinet paint job,wondering what type of paint to use ( latex, oil )
and what methods are used for painting sanding ect.

Its a MDF/press board cab. sides are white and insides are black.
I would like to sand and paint the entire cab .

Any help would be great

Hello and welcome! Now learn to use the search engine. There are countless threads on what paints and how to's.
 
definitely sand and prime, the finish is only as good as the prep work. I just did a Street Fighter cab in latex with a sponge roller, very satisfied with it. (anyone remember the free paint giveaway a couple months ago?) I got a quart of ebony black, eggshell finish, finished the metalwork off with gloss black, turned out great

Did you sand to bare wood?

Roller the sides ( MDF ) spray the inside ( particle board )?

I'm thinking a semi-gloss black
 
Latex on mdf with no sealer or primer first will leave you with a nice swelled cabinet.

What he said... I accidentally used water based primer on Q*bert and was pretty much F***ED. Luckily it stripped right off with sand paper the next day and reprimed it with oil based primer and top coat.

If your state doesn't allow the sale of oil based paint I believe you can put latex paint over oil based primer... just needs to be good and dry... But verify this with your paint shop.
 
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