Painting tin cabinets

10-14-2007, 05:25 PM	#1
Steve G. Newbie   Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4	Painting tin cabinets Hey guys, I'm new here, I have to paint about 5 tin cabinets that are already painted. And I was wondering if I can srpay latex on them?

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10-14-2007, 06:34 PM	#2
Concordseeker Member   Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 93	Painting tin cabinets It depends. Is the surface clean and ready to accept paint or does it need to the sanded and primed before painting? Not enough info.

10-14-2007, 08:18 PM	#3
Steve G. Newbie   Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4	Painting tin cabinets It's clean and ready!

10-15-2007, 04:25 PM	#4
Concordseeker Member   Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 93	Painting tin cabinets I was hoping one of the painting pros would jump in after my question because I have no experience spraying. I don't know why latex would be any better or worse then oil if that's what you are asking. Anyone?

10-15-2007, 05:27 PM	#5
send_it_all Member   Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 330	Painting tin cabinets I would look into taking them to an automotive paint shop....that would be far more durable than latex.

10-15-2007, 05:39 PM	#6
Steve G. Newbie   Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4	Painting tin cabinets Actually we have decided to spray them with oil base now. Before we were gonna paint them latex because of the quick cleanup. We'll be spraying them with a HVLP gun, right?

10-16-2007, 10:30 AM	#7
joewho Pro Painter   Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 434	Painting tin cabinets HVLP will give you a nice finish. latex would have worked just fine too.

10-17-2007, 07:43 AM	#8
Steve G. Newbie   Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4	Painting tin cabinets OK, I just went to homedepot last night and picked up a husky HVLP gun for $80...I'll tell you how it works!