Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - Painting Kitchen Cabinetry

I am currently painting my kitchen cabinetry, and am a little concerned. I have fulled stripped the doors themselves, but am simply sanding the fixtures themselves (the permanent cabinets that doors are attached to). I have already sanded the fixtures, and after I applied 2 coats of primer (going from dark to white paint), the primer has many streaks. I am thoroughly concerned, and am hoping that maybe this is only the primer, and the paint will be smooth. Can anybody help me out?

Thank you,
William

If you sand the primer with some 200-300 grit paper so there are no high spots, you will be fine.

Spend the extra money on a good brush and some good primer.

What kind of primer are you using?

I'm using Kilz 2 Latex based. So, I guess it IS the primer that goes on with streaks, and as long as I get a fine grain paper between the primer and paint, it will be smooth?

Primer isn't really formulated for coverage. It's job is to give a good surface for the paint to adhere to. While kilz II isn't the ideal primer, you should be able to sand and start applying the top coat.

btw - welcome to the forums!

Thank you, I'm sure this won't be my only question either! I mean, I know the primer isn't the coverage, I just want to make sure that I'm not doing something wrong, because I want a very smooth finish, with no streaks, and I'm just wanting to make sure that I just have to sand the primer down, and the paint will go on smooth. We might be selling the house in early '08, so I'm wanting everything to look good!

Using a quality brush with quality paint sanding inbetween coats will give you the best looking job :)