Re Finishing kitchen cabinets

[JameslR]

Recently installed our new to us kitchen which was made 5 years previously. It's a hand painted kitchen which I have added bits to make fit in our place as in a couple more units & doors and new cornice which I have primed with Zinsser bin 123 the rest of the kitchen was/is a cream colour which we are wanting to change to a sky blue.. My question is do I need to put the Zinsser primer over the whole kitchen or will a thorough rub down of the old facias and doors to give a key be enough for the new paint to adhere to? the Paint I am thinking of using is little green oil based paint. Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[JameslR]

Said kitchen
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[tjbnwi]

Prime the entire set of cabinets. Doing so keeps everything the same.

Tom

 

[tiralie]

Prime the entire set of cabinets. Doing so keeps everything the same.

Agreed. Priming with 123 will provide a good seal and base for the new paint.
I would wash the old cabinetry down with some TSP to remove oil and grease that all kitchen cabinets have, rinse, sand lightly prime with 123 and then paint.
Tim

 

[GarryMartin]

There's fantastic advice on just this sort of thing at http://traditionalpainter.com - I know a few of the guys from Twitter and they really know their stuff.

 

[JameslR]

Thanks for the replies peeps will prime the whole thing then. This 123 really is some good stuff can't beleive how well it's sealed the edge of the mdf after a sand with 320.