Ok I'm FINALLY getting ready to bring this cabinet restoration part to a close in the coming week. Over the summer I did some more work on prepping the cabinet for primer and paint and finally yesterday I got a 2 coats of oil based primer sprayed on. I know this has been covered before so I hate to bring it up again, but I've seen different opinions on Q*Bert yellow. I was unable to get a mix of oil based to match the yellow. I wanted to use oil base because of how Q*Bert MDF cabs are so prone to swelling, but even Sherwin Williams has discontinued the yellow coloring for oils. Oils are certainly a dieing breed and I know in Cali you can't even get them anymore. What I did was buy safety yellow since that was as close as I was able to find in oil, but I've heard some say never use it and others say it works. If I wanted to, would I be safe to return the safety yellow and have them match a latex paint instead? Do I even dare put latex paint over the oil primer? I still need to sand down a few spots before hitting it with a final coat of primer and then I'll be adding the yellow. Just thought I'd get a few more opinions. Thanks all. I look forward to sharing the results soon. Having access to an HVLP sprayer is really helping the process.
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