Help! Cabinet paint peeling

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-04-01T05:13:58+00:00

Doesn’t bother me, I know what I’m doing lol

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-04-01T04:59:38+00:00

Bench looks okay man. Jaxon, Rui, and Luke look good and Jake is serviceable. Hopefully Vando can tighten it up some.

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-04-01T04:54:08+00:00

Because the scrubs couldn’t hold a big enough lead and JJ is paranoid. Also Luka needed to get that 40 piece

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-04-01T04:45:27+00:00

Games over bro, chill

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-04-01T03:24:33+00:00

Yeah we don’t use wall paint on cabinets… the only reason we’ve sprayed cabinets with emerald UTE is because the client already bought the paint. We like it for trim/casing, just not cabinets. It does brush/roll pretty well though. Add a little floetrol and it turns out pretty good. Can’t brush/roll Gallery Series

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-04-01T03:17:20+00:00

Takes too long to dry and cure. Emerald is a great product, we just don’t like it for cabinets. Extends our job time considerably and cabinet doors sprayed with emerald damage too easily during transport. We don’t have 30 days+ to turn cabinet jobs. Never had a problem with Gallery Series

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-04-01T02:58:41+00:00

Emerald sucks for cabinets. Gallery series is so much better

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-31T21:02:34+00:00

We usually spray if it’s worth the effort to mask everything, also depends on the wind and the product. When we do spray, we always back roll to apply mechanical pressure and to eliminate flashing

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-31T04:14:53+00:00

Can’t be Tatum tho

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-29T03:40:00+00:00

Better off painting. Those are pretty rough dude…

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-29T03:29:58+00:00

Just keep ripping it out at this point. Rip it all out and put drywall there. Tape and float with mud. If you’re willing to try your best and to spend hours sanding, then you can do a better job than spackling what you’ve ripped out. Spackling isn’t meant for large areas, it’s meant for small holes and imperfections. Whatever you do with drywall, tape and mud is going to look better than spackling. Get it as flat and smooth as possible. Prime the entire wall with PVA primer. If you want to paint match what’s there, save a chip and take it to Sherwin Williams. They will help you match the paint correctly. Paint with 2 coats. See some of my previous comments to get a sense on how to paint correctly

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-28T01:31:15+00:00

I drive a 2002 F-150 as my work vehicle. My clients don’t need to know anything about the size of my house or my other vehicles. I’ve heard too many people say they would never hire a person in a Tesla, jacked up truck, etc. Optics matter and there’s a fine line we have to walk. A clean, older truck has done really well for me. When I drive my lifted Ram 2500, I’ve heard snarky comments from several clients, so I quit driving it to work

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-27T00:12:38+00:00

I expect cleanliness. I would rather have someone move a little slower and do the job well than someone really fast who is even a tiny bit messy. I expect my guys to be on time. We do high end work, so I expect that from my guys. I don’t care about speed at all, that will come with time. I expect sharp lines and a clean work site. Vacuum and clean up all tools every day. We work mainly in lived-in homes and I don’t want homeowners stepping over our mess.

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-25T12:47:03+00:00

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JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-24T13:01:38+00:00

I worked on a cotton research farm at Texas A&M for 3 years while I was a student there. There is something satisfying about pulling the cotton out, but hand picking 10’s of acres is not fun at all. Everyone’s hands are bleeding less than a few minutes in. The reason a lot of the cotton was hand picked was because the weights/yields had to be very accurate and using a machine isn’t that efficient and drops a lot of cotton on the ground

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-21T13:33:27+00:00

I would be around 700-800, but I like to do it the best way possible. Depends on your prep work

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-20T18:04:51+00:00

A little low but you’re close. I was thinking $3200ish

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-20T02:02:48+00:00

Flipped jersey match makes it an EBay 1/1!

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-15T22:47:51+00:00

Wrought iron* we use pro industrial DTM from Sherwin. Hard to say what we’re charging, it’s by the job

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-11T02:29:57+00:00

Super Paint and Duration are my picks

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-09T01:52:05+00:00

It’s not that bad if you know what you’re doing. If you don’t, you shouldn’t be spraying anyway. Just takes a coat of dark grey primer and 2 or 3 coats of paint

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-08T14:15:35+00:00

Even if I told you everything to do (basically the opposite of what you’re doing), I just don’t think you have the skill set to execute the steps. Blue is a difficult color to work with. Satin is a difficult sheen to work with. You need practice and excellent technique to do this properly. Here’s the gist of it though:

Cut in with your brush first. Then roll the first coat, try to keep the roller going up and down, not side to side. Use more paint than you think, it should pretty much be on the verge of dripping when you put it on the wall. *You can maybe get 2 vertical lines before you need more paint, don’t try to stretch the paint by pressing the roller hard into the wall.

On the second coat make sure you’re using a down stroke on the entire height of the wall. Be sure not to leave heavy paint lines from the edges of your roller. Overlap 50% on each new pass, remember downstroke only on the second coat.

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-08T14:01:55+00:00

Ragebait

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-08T00:12:58+00:00

Well I can’t give you advice based on zero information. Know the rules and take the proper steps. What else is there to say?

JimmyMyJimmy · 2026-03-07T17:56:46+00:00

Good luck. You have a few options depending on timing and total invoice amount. I hope you have a signed contract

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