Fixing Paint Flaws-desperate?
My husband and I ordered maple cabinets. The doors are giving us fits bc we are so amateur at this. I did research and bought Wagoner sprayer and primed with PrimeLock. It was disaster. My husband sanded and reprimed then painted with Wagoner. We are using Muralo Waterborne paint that is latex. It can go over the Primelock. Results were not smooth. Half way through we bought 199 dollar sprayer (Graco) from SW. My husband has been down in basement all week sanding spraying, etc etc. I inspected them and it's a mess! I tried to be gentle, but he's totally DONE and upset. We are both upset at prospect of messing up our beautiful expensive RTA cabinets (Conestoga). I have decided to go with distressed finish sanding the edges. This is really our only choice if we ever want to get done. I figure the flaws wont look AS bad this way. I'm currently in basement sanding off some drips and over what paint guy called orange peel effect. I'm also going over edges where husband sprayed and it was set down on brown paper before curing. Ugh!!! I'm going from 120 or 180 grit up to 600 grit. Here are my questions? After sanding, I see sand marks. Should I be going in one direction or in circles? Do I have to respray the middle of cabinets where there are light sanding marks OR when I wipe on some expensive clear poly I bought from Woodcraft Store will it hide the sand marks? (I'm planning on wiping it on with clean rags 3-4 times to achieve smooth finish and not have to use sprayer). Is there any way to avoid using the $$%^^ sprayer again? I just want to lightly use foam brush and paint on Muralo to edges where husband missed painting edge entirely or where I sanded alot of paint off to smooth the edge down. I have gotten down my cake stand turner (acts like lazy susan) and if I have to spray, I was going to just spray edges with gun that way and sit cabinet door out to dry on top of a book. Of course it's windy so the dadgum dust will prob get in it! I may have to bring it upstairs and open windows so we don't get fumes and let it dry there. Oh my this is a mess....PLEASE anyone with some advice on fixing these the easiest way come forth and advise. I am about to cry. I am so tired of this. We've been in kitchen remodel for over 6 months and I have a toddler. Help! Also don't advise hiring it out bc we have NO money. Of course all we've spent could have been used to hire it out in first place- hindsight 20/20 and all. Ugh. Thanks in advance for any help. OK, I will die if I have to sand these suckers down to the bare wood. Thanks all for your advice. We used paint retarder/thinner in both primer and Muralo paint. Muralo is same as what professional around here uses. It's BM and very dries level and hard. To person who suggested we buy another sprayer- no money to do so. Here is what I'm doing. I have dusted a gutted bathroom and taped off vent. I'm distressing each peice super carefully with 280. Then sanding using course all the way up to 600 grit. Took one hour for small drawer! I'm using tack cloth between the diff grits. I know have one perfect distressed drawer front laying in room to see if it gets dusty. I wet down room some. If it doesn't get dusty, I'm going to go in there and use the wipe on poly on each peice and let dry sealed off from vapors. Hopefully not a fire hazard? On some peices with unpainted edges, I'll have to carefully roll on or spray some paint before I do that peice. I hate this. I will never do again!

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