Hi everyone,

I painted my cabinets about a month ago and I made a few mistakes. The first mistake was not explaining primer to my husband before having him paint the doors. He's not a great painter to begin with, and I should have shown him how to apply primer, but I didn't. He didn't realize that primer is not the type of thing that gives you full coverage, so he applied it SUPER THICK (trying to get full coverage) and he ended up getting a bunch of drips on the doors. I was devastated. I lightly sanded to smooth them out, but I was afraid to take all the primer off, so I stopped before I got them perfect. They don't look horrible (I have gotten a number of compliments on them) but because *I* know the drips are there, my eyes are always drawn to them and it just drives me bananas.

The second mistake I made was using a brush. Even though the brushes were high quality, I can still see the brush strokes on the doors, even if they are very faint. At first I was like "Well, it's an old house and the brush strokes make them look more authentic, like they match the moldings", but now I realize that I was just trying to talk myself out of painting them again, lol.

Well, we are going to be doing some low-budget work (adding two cabinets and replacing our laminate counters) and since I already need to paint the two new cabs, I figured I should tackle the doors again, to try and correct my mistakes.

Here's my question... can I just sand the paint down to remove the brush strokes and drip marks, and then repaint? Or am I going to have to prime again? Also, I know that to reduce brush strokes I will need to use rollers. I had tried the foam ones, but it riled up the paint and left little bubbles- which is why I decided to try to brush the paint on instead. Do the bubbles disappear? I have heard the foam ones recommended on here, but when I saw the bubbles, I got nervous.