When we last left the kitchen cabinet scene, back in part I, things were
going swimmingly. Except one MINOR issue I thought I had fixed. I had some
cracking and chipping with the paint in two small areas on the door. Of course,
this was frustrating and I sanded the areas down, painted them again, and
waited the 20 minutes for each of them to dry only to have them crack yet
again. And again. And again. ASCP had forsaken me!
Turns out some cabinets ( namely the crappy, fake wood kind…)
are too oily for the “no sanding, no priming” claim by the ASCP brand. Guess
what they require? Priming. Specifically, a shellac primer. Thankfully, I found
a blogger who had the same issue and reached out via this post
and had asked her followers/commenters
for help. One offered up the shellac advice and mentioned that she used one in
the form of spray paint. The shellac helps the paint to bond to the oily wood.
I guess maybe the old adage “If it seems to be too good to be true, it probably
is” had been proven correct yet again. Crap.
However, despite this small setback, I was still hopeful. I
ran out and bought 2 cans of Zinsser Bulls Eye Shellac Primer in Clear
at my local Lowe’s- but you can get it here. Long story short,
IT WORKED. Here’s my only grievance with this, these cans were $9 each and it
took me several (if I had to guesstimate, I'd say 9 or 1o) cans to be able to completely cover all of my cabinets. The
cabinet doors need to be sprayed on both the front and the back, and I found
that it needed to be covered thoroughly. No spot unsprayed or you could risk
the oils seeping through and causing the little spots like I experienced later,
or chipping and cracking again.
It took me months to finish because I am who I am and I got
sidetracked with other house updating/reno/decorating projects. BUT. They're
nearly finished, all that is left to be 100% completed is the glass pane
inserts that will go in the 2 cabinets where I cut out the panels.
Here are the most recent photos that I took just now because
I finally thought “ah crap, I should take pictures while I’m thinking of it…”! Again, forgive the bad quality. They are from a phone and I had to mess with the brightness and contrast so you could see better-ish.
Can I point out one of my beautiful rugs I just bought from Marshalls that I LOVE!
Disregard the slightly creepy pig cookie jar on top of the cabinets...it was my Grammy's and I love it.
Now to figure out how to decorate the top! I refuse to use fake plants because BH&G called it tacky and I don't want to put tacky on something I busted my booty on.
My next kitchen project will most likely be building a U-shaped coffee mug rack to fit around that kitchen window, and possibly a countertop reno. I have been eyeballing the Ardex featherlight stained concrete countertop idea, I just need to talk the husband into it... We shall see! I also need to paint the upstairs bathroom cabinets to match,
possibly update all the knobs with glass crystal knobs, and go from there!
Our
current project is putting up our own privacy fence (TO GET A FAMILY DOG!!!),
which I have partially documented with pictures. I may put up a before and
after along with the process, overall cost, and my awesome tan lines. Slowly but surely our home is transforming into a place I am proud to show off. We're crossing off more and more things from my List of Things To Update!
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