Furniture, Wood and Cabinetry Finishing - painted kitchen cabinets

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nic
08-02-06, 05:03 PM
i painted kitchen cabinets a few months ago & they are slightly tacky. I want to find out if a polyeurathane or a glaze would harden over this?

marksr
08-02-06, 07:58 PM
Welcome to the forums

I assume you used a latex paint, what brand? What type of prep did you do?

Polyurathane will dry harder but generally it isn't something I would recomend over paint. Oil base poly dries the harder than latex poly but can change the color of the paint - this is especially true with light colors - gives them an amber cast.

I haven't used any glazes so I'll leave that for someone else to answer.
nic
08-03-06, 01:08 PM
yes the paint is latex (dark Brown) miro glide by frazee. the cabinets were washed, steel wooled, primed, sanded & painted. the paint color turned out milk chocolate color & i was really hoping for semi sweet chocolate color. my thoughts are... if i use a black or dark brown poly or glaze it will harden over the tacky & darken to my liking?

marksr
08-03-06, 01:49 PM
Poly should harden over the latex paint but I would recomend using an oil base enamel [of the right color] instead.
slickshift
08-03-06, 05:33 PM
I second the enamel
The labor is the same as poly
So just go with the better coating