Ready to cry... painted cabinets...

17 years ago

I just spent the last week painting over my stained oak cabinets with BM aura paint in white. Today, the first day we've really "cooked" in here we got a few coffee drips and tomato sauce splatters on them that I can't get off- even though it was wiped up right away.

Now I don't know what to do! I don't want to live in fear of my white cabinets! I KNOW this is going to be the least of the spills we have! I bought the Aura after being told it was super scrubable, but now I'm doubtful about it.

So what do you all think? Should I go back to my original idea to paint them black (the cabinet doors are still off so it shouldn't be too horrible)? It's not a very big room, but has cathedral ceilings, light khaki walls, and we installed lots of bright decorative track lighting overhead. Black will ruin the light, airy cottage look I was going for, but I'd rather not be a slave to my cabinets.

Or do you have any other ideas?

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andrelaplume2
17 years ago
I'd go to the BM dealer and see what they can do for you...you paid a lot for the paint and they are exports who will stand behind their products or offer advise....or so I would think....
paintguy22
17 years ago
Remember that acrylic paints take 2-6 weeks to cure. This means that you should not really expect your cabinets to be fully washable/scrubbable until then. The paint film is soft initially and then the closer it gets to full cure, the harder the paint film gets. I would give it a month, and see how they clean up then before repainting them.
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steppingstonemomma
Original Author
17 years ago
Do you think anything has to do with using eggshell and not getting semigloss? The BM girl said that eggshell in aura was really like getting satin.... wishing I'd just done satin or semigloss...
randita
17 years ago
I have read that with Aura, you shouldn't wash them at all until at least 2 weeks after painting. It takes that long for the paint to cure, as paintguy said.

If you get any more spots on them, don't wipe them now. Wait a few weeks, then as I've read, they'll wipe off.

As for the spots you have now. Wait a couple of weeks and see if they'll wipe off. If not, sand the spots lightly, then touch up with another coat of paint, then leave that alone for a few weeks.
paintguy22
17 years ago
BM claims that Aura is scrubbable in all sheens.