freshly painted cabinets easy to scratch

11-29-2011, 07:28 PM	#1
diywendy Newbie   Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 1	freshly painted cabinets easy to scratch I just finished painting my lower cabinets and notice it's really easy to scratch and chip. Is there a sealer I can use?

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11-29-2011, 08:09 PM	#2
mustangmike3789 NACE Coating Inspector     Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 523	freshly painted cabinets easy to scratch what type of surface prep and paint did you use. some paints will stay soft and will not fully bond or harden for several weeks. more info would help us give you a better answer..

11-29-2011, 08:22 PM	#3
sdsester Member     Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 8,553	freshly painted cabinets easy to scratch Latex semi-gloss, for example, takes about 30 days to cure even though it skins over and dry to the touch quickly. You would not want to put a clear coating over it until it has cured or it might never.

11-30-2011, 12:04 AM	#4
Gymschu Member     Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Eastern Ohio (heart of Appalachia) Posts: 1,685	freshly painted cabinets easy to scratch Did you prime? If you painted without a quality bonding primer those puppies will scratch, chip, and peel. On my most recent job, I primed with CoverStain and topcoated with SW's Proclassic Semi-Gloss. After a month, the finish is cured to a rock hard finish......no need for a sealer.

11-30-2011, 01:29 AM	#5
DannyT Member   Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Groveport, Ohio Posts: 1,578	freshly painted cabinets easy to scratch what did you paint over? were the cabinets stained and cleared or painted? did you clean any of the dirt and grease off of them? did you sand?