Need help choosing paint to be painted over kitchen cabinets in rental house

[Axis39]

One of the chicks at one of the local BM's was suggesting the Stix.  But, I got a call from a customer and we never finished the conversation.

I guess I need to look into that stuff.

Our biggest desire is speed, and leveling....  Not necessarily in that order.  But, our hope is to sand within an hour.  Does the Stix dry quickly?  Does it pill when sanded?  I am definitely going to go do some research!

Thanks for all the shared info!  I for one really appreciate the knowledge and generosity!

If you are going to shoot KA+ or Hydro Plus on new material use SW Gen II or Surfacer. With a little air flow both are ready to sand on a 65º day in 15 minutes. Sand with 240.

If you’re shooting over existing, clean with Kurd Kutter, rinse, prime with Stix. Stix is about 30 minutes to sand. Stix sands well.

With waterbornes, air flow for drying is more important the temperature.

Never ever mix KA+ and KA. The reactions cause them to turn orange.

KA+ is an acrylic, HP is a urethane. HP is more viscous.

Tom

Tom,

We picked up some Gen II and some of the Sealer/Primer today.  Reading the tech sheets, I decided the sealer wasn't appropriate for our current project, some cabinet doors, as we already had some primer.  It was mostly sanded off, but we just didn't want to sand any more.  LOL

We shot the Gen II.  Took us a couple of minutes to find the right air/paint mixture, but once we did, they are turning out looking like a finish coat, straight out of the factory!  Thanks!  We've been seeing drying to sand times of close ot the tech sheet's stated 45-60 minutes to sand.  (for those coats that went on a touch too thin, or needed a touch to cover up the mistakes of former coats).

Tomorrow I have some raw face frames to shoot and will be trying the Sealer.  We are really looking forward to seeing how it does as well!

We did get connected with the wood finishing systems expert.  The Industrial Coatings shop is actually closer than the retail stores we've been using (that don't show up in Google Maps).  So, we will be trying to eke out some training and advice from them as well.

But, I wanted to give you my heartfelt thanks for your advice!  It will save us man-hours, labor-dollars and help us produce better products!  I cannot even begin o thank you enough!