Hello friends, welcome to my blog; Today I have a case of a very confined small kitchen whose paint totally deteriorated to the point of falling off just by touching it, we are going to replace it with a more resistant finish. Most likely, this paint is vinyl which would work for most kitchens as long as it is type 1 and the kitchen is not as confined as this one, if you have more budget, an acrylic paint is more resistant and washable, but this is an extreme case and the solution I considered was to apply an epoxy paint.

The first thing to start is to disassemble the furniture and remove as much as possible from the kitchen so that there are fewer elements that can be stained with paint and make the work easier, this is an occupied apartment and therefore everything possible is done.

The success of the new painting depends a lot on the support, therefore, everything that is loose is removed, including parts of the stucco, first with the help of a metal spatula and later with an orbital sander equipped with number 100 sandpaper.

The dust is removed and we begin to stucco, for this occasion I used superior quality acrylic plastic stucco formulated according to the manufacturer for extreme conditions, very expensive three times more than a generic plastic stucco formulated for interiors.

The ceiling was completely stuccoed, in order to obtain an even surface it was necessary to apply two coats of product, only the damage was repaired on the walls, the epoxy paint has a glossy finish, therefore any imperfections on the surface will stand out even more, for making sure to correct all holes and protrusions.

The corners where the wall and the ceiling meet and all those areas that are difficult to access for the roller begin to be painted, then with a contortionist technique, two even layers of type 1 vinyl paint are applied. On the manufacturer's recommendation, we should let this paint dry for at least seven days, but due to the urgency of having to enable this space, I took a risk and only after two days proceeded to apply the epoxy paint.

The product is prepared in a ratio of 4 to 1 volume ratio, its presentation comes in a gallon of white epoxy paint to mix with a quart of polyamide catalyst, at that time it did not have transparent containers with average volumes, for which choose to dose its amount by weight, it is not the most recommended, but since it is such a small amount, the error is negligible. If we intend to prepare a liter of epoxy paint and the proportion of the mixture is 4 to 1, it means that there are 5 parts in total, therefore, we divide the total volume that we want to prepare, in this case one thousand milliliters by 5 parts that are the sum total of the parts. The result is 200 milliliters per part, now everything is ready, multiply 200 milliliters by the parts of the indicated component, 4 corresponds to epoxy paint and 1 to catalyst, therefore 200 times 4 is 800, that is, 800 milliliters are needed of epoxy paint, and 200 times 1 is 200 milliliters of polyamide catalyst. These two components are mixed very well and are allowed to stand for 15 minutes and after this time they are diluted with epoxy adjuster in a proportion of 5% of the total volume of the mixture, that is, 5% of a thousand milliliters is 50 milliliters.

For the application, a brush and roller were used as seen in the image, but certain precautions must be taken, the brush tends to leave scratch marks due to its bristles and the roller tends to release small fibers, these imperfections are not very noticeable but if you look closely and carefully you can appreciate them.

There are special rollers for epoxy paint applications, these are made of short felt polyester approximately 6 millimeters high and the adhesive with which the roller is manufactured is resistant to epoxy solvents, however, the roller must be rinsed several times in adjuster epoxy before application in order to loosen loose fibers, although it is very difficult to remove all of them.

In short, the final paint coating was: two layers of type 1 vinyl paint and on top of these two layers of epoxy paint, the ceramic on the dashboard was also coming off, the pieces fell off easily, but the hydraulic mortar that acted as ceramic glue It adhered well, but only to the wall. A rigid metal spatula was quite effective in removing it. It was a less noisy process and generated minimal wear on the substrate, which in this case is a render.

A metal rule is leveled and secured at the bottom of where it is intended to be veneered and then a layer of ceramic glue is spread evenly with the help of a trowel, with a notched trowel it is traced in one direction and without going into more details. the pieces are simply placed and with a rubber hammer they are settled, leveled and the trapped air is expelled.

Now, as the budget is small but the enthusiasm is great, at least we clean the grease and dirt accumulated on the furniture before reinstalling it, the change in this kitchen is already remarkable and I am sure that this paint will last a long time in good conditions, at least the paint cannot be the same as the poor chipboard furniture.

I hope the information is useful when making a decision, do not forget to support me and we will read next time, bye. All images including schematics, photos and models are mine