 Our crew at Red Truck Painting performs several cabinet painting project's in Rochester every year. We have learned from experience to only use the toughest enamels on these surfaces. Traditionally cabinets have been painted using a oil based product, or sometimes an exterior paint is used. This is in attempt to coat the surface with a hard, durable product. These products are often times difficult to work with. Enter Cabinet Coat. It is an Acrylic so it is easy to work with, dries pretty fast (6 hours to recoat) and cleans up with soap and water. It doesn't have that nasty smell either. Cabinet Coat goes on very thin - which lends for a very smooth finish, perfect for cabinetry. And it dries hard, leaving a durable finish you can live with and not worry about it chipping off. To see more on the proper preparations and procedures, see our process on Rochester Cabinet Painting.  Benjamin Moore Advance is a very similar product to cabinet coat. It also claims to be self-priming (we know better than to skip this crucial step) and also offers a hybrid formulation as a "water borne alkyd."
The Advance is easy to work with like cabinet coat. It does take longer to dry before recoat (16 hours.) And it does take a bit more elbow grease to sand. It dries to a very similar mil thickness (1.35) It has slightly more solids by volume than Cabient Coat (33 vs 39%) We prefer Advance slightly. Why? When it dries it is really hard! The bottom line - this paint is easy to work with, lays down extremely smooth, and creates a tough finish that is perfect for cabinets. Here are some specs for Cabinet Coat. Both products are owner by Benjamin Moore, and have similar application instructions. Here is a link for Benjamin Moore Advance. Cabinet Coat™ Urethane Acrylic Satin Enamel CC-45XX Series Type: Urethane Reinforced Acrylic Sheen: Satin Theoretical Spread Rate: 350 - 450 Sq. Ft. Per Gallon* Recommended Application : Brush, Roller or HVLP Spray Thinner : Do Not Thin Clean Up: Warm Soapy Water Drying Schedule: Tack Free: 1 Hr. @ 77ºF Recoat: 6 Hrs. @ 77ºF Full Cure: 7 Days Cabinet Coat™ is the ultimate finish for refurbishing dingy kitchen and bathroom cabinets, shelving, furniture, trim & crown molding and other interior applications that require an ultrasmooth, factory like finish with long lasting beauty. Its super adhering quality allows painting "hard to stick" surfaces, even polyurethane and varnish, without using a primer. Cabinet Coat™ has excellent flow and leveling, superior stain resistance and an extremely durable satin finish that will allow cabinetry to look like new for years. Not appropriate for surfaces that will be immersed in liquid (sinks and tubs) or for stove or oven surfaces. WHERE TO USE: Interior & Exterior SUBSTRATES: Cabinets, Metal, New & Previously Painted Wood, Furniture, Woodwork, Doors Trim. APPLICATIONS: For exterior use, limit to small areas of trim. Do not use as a whole house wall paint. SURFACE PREPARATION: General – All surface areas to be painted should be clean, dry, sound and free of all dirt, grease,oils, waxes, mildew and any other surface contaminants that can cause paint failure. Dirt and chalk should be thoroughly removed by scrubbing with warm soapy water. Surface wax should be removed with a commercial wax stripper. Grease residue should be removed with INSL-X® PC-2000 Citrus Cleaner. Remove all loose chipping, cracking and peeling from previously painted surfaces by hand scraping, sanding, wire brushing and/or by use of power tool cleaning methods such as electric sanders, grinders, etc. Remove any loose rust, mill scale, rust deposits from metal surfaces by the same methods described above in accordance with SSPC – (Steel Structures Painting Council) specifications for the proper surface preparation of metal surfaces. Repair/replace any seriously damaged and/or delaminated surface areas. Lightly feather sand all rough paint edges to adjacent surface area. All glossy surface areas should be lightly sanded to effectively dull any existing sheen and create a more suitable surface for painting. Glossy Surfaces – Although Cabinet Coat™ is formulated to be applied to hard to coat surfaces without the need for sanding, it is recommended that proper surface preparation still be completed to enhance adhesion properties. Surfaces such as Melamine Laminate, Formica®, ceramic tile and glossy painted surfaces should be properly deglossed. Previously Painted Surfaces: No primer is needed if surface is in good condition. Clean or and as described above. Spot prime bare spots with an initial coat of Cabinet Coat®. Melamine Laminate or Formica®: No primer needed. Lightly sand with fine sandpaper. Remove sanding dust with tack rag. Ferrous Metal: Prime bare spots with metal primer. APPLICATION: Cabinet Coat™ applies easily with a quality brush or roller. If spraying is desired, the preferred method is HVLP. Stir product thoroughly before using. It is important to maintain a wet edge during all methods of paint application by brushing or rolling into previously applied coating area. Overworking Cabinet Coat™ can lead to brush marks or roller marks, as this product dries quickly.
25 Comments
Shane
10/18/2013 09:53:20 am
I am down to these two products. I like CC because its cheaper quite frankly. What do you recommend for these products in terms of surface prep? Do i sand lightly then apply an oil based primer?
Tim
3/9/2014 11:27:42 am
Doesn't Advance yellow ??
Dianne
3/7/2015 07:05:26 am
I used advanced to paint my kitchen cabinets and regret it. The paint is wearing off on all the edges.it is suppose to get hard when it dries but I do not agree. I wish I would have tried something else.
Monika
3/11/2015 04:32:51 pm
Dianne, what kind of primer did you use? 1/17/2017 10:31:28 am
Hi Diane - I caution my clients that a painted cabinet will wear with use. Also, a painted cabinet does not have the variable color/ texture that a wood grain cabinet has and will by nature show wear more readily. On the flip side - you are able to touch up or re-paint a cabinet to refresh it.
Jocelyn Hanson
10/22/2018 04:17:12 pm
Totally agree! This paint does NOT cover wood cabinets! Waste of money and time.
Derek
10/22/2018 04:59:08 pm
There is nothing wrong with the “paint” there Jocelyn. Failure happens because it wasn’t prepared correctly or it was sprayed/applied in an environoment that didn’t allow for the product to cure properly.
SimplyWhite
5/9/2015 01:50:18 pm
I feel the same way about advanced for the money it should not rub off I like how it cleans but it's not as hard as people claim it to be. I spray it and does sag a good amount. I never tried satin impervo or this cabinet coat stuff but I would like to try it. I need to paint some doors and considering using it over advanced. Maybe I will try a test door. I havent tried inslx Cabinet Coat yet but I do use Inslx Styx bonding primer. Advance is my go to product for spraying trim and cabinets and I have never had a call back. I have also tried (at a designers request) C2 Trim and Cabinet which dries quick and can be sanded in about an hour to a powed. The C2 saved me bours over the Advance dry time. First, the C2 is made with whey and is completely waterbourne and dries to a hard surface like advance. My only two issues with the C2, is that its expensive, in Calgary, Canada, my cost is $80 a gallon, and the only store that carries it is in a busy downtown location, so its not practical to pick up like Benjamin Moore store which are everywhere. Now, onto the Advance. Dry time is the only thing that sucks with the product, however i found airflow to be the key. I use several box fans that blow air over the work and thus speeding up drying so I can do a light sand with a 220 and respray in about 4 hours. The box fans also work well to dry the bonding primer as well. Here in Canada, solvent based pre-cat lacquers are what all the builders like to use. Naturally with stain cabinets, I will use lacquer, but for solid colours, no way. We have very dry air here so lacquer cracks usually within 18 months as the wood shinks and settles, which lacquer, being so hard, cant adjust too like Advance and waterbourne. So, my process to spray Advance ( on previously lacquered maple we will say), is clean with a citrus cleaner or tsp, light sand to degloss at 180 grit, followed by a sprayed coat of inslx-x styx bonding primer, followed by a light sand at 220, followed by the first coat of Advance, followed by a light sand at 220 and then the final spray. I also spray cabninet doors flat and use 410 fine finish tip. I like the 220 over tbe 180 for between coats as it gives a slightly smoother finish IMO. I will test out Cabinet Coat this summer before I try on customers work, for for now, Advance Pearl is my go to. Thanks for the article, I havnt had an issue with any Inslx line products not standing up to its claims so will certainly try the CC.
Thomas
3/19/2018 09:10:17 am
I've just sprayed six gal of Cabinet Coat. It is a good tough paint. Thin it a little and put on at least three coats. One thing I wish I knew beforehand is that it is not pure white. It has a very slight green-blue tint, enough to make the regular whites on the walls around it dirty. On the other hand the Advance paints are alkyds like the old oil based paints and will turn yellow over time. I hope this helps.
Dawn
7/18/2019 12:59:35 pm
Excellent article - I had it narrowed down to these two paints for our cabinets and wanted a comparison.
Dawn
7/18/2019 05:23:40 pm
My apologies. I meant to write: can I use a fan to decrease dry time?
Carrie
9/25/2019 03:13:14 pm
Dawn don’t skip the prep. Priming is save you in the long run. Before priming degreasing is the most important thing you can do. Use Krud x, blue dawn, simply green. Scrub with a green scaler pad, it will help Degloss a bit. Lightly sand and always use a tack cloth to clean up. I used advanced on my last kitchen. It worked great where it chip you can wet sand and touch up. Where i didn’t prep well it did fall off. 2/23/2022 05:06:18 pm
Mildew and any other surface contaminants that can cause paint failure. Dirt and chalk should be thoroughly removed by scrubbing with warm soapy water. Thank you for your feedback on both products. My husband and I have a painting company and love painting cabinets. We always use Advance but it is not impossible to get so we are forced to try the Cabinet Coat for the first time. But maybe we will like it better, I'm hopeful.
Sheri Erickson
6/10/2022 09:29:32 pm
Hi. This looks like an older strand, but I’m going to add my experience just in case it helps someone. First of all, I’m a die-hard DIYer, but painting my own kitchen cabinets sounded very intimidating. I refinished a few furniture pieces ages ago, and was dismayed to find in 2018 that I could no longer purchase the good old oil based paint I used to use. After trying every “cabinet/trim”paint at Home Depot to repaint some columns in our new house, I did some research. I found a professional painters forum and they were talking about “Cabinet Coat” and how it leveled out beautifully and dried quickly and could be sanded without balling up. I wanted to paint my kitchen cabinets a dark navy blue and this was the paint I was determined to find. I read INSL-X was owned by Benjamin Moore, but where to buy it? I found it at an Ace Hardware store, but the employees there were as clueless or worse then Home Depot. They said I had to order the base (4) for that dark of a color. And I had to order 2 gallons for some reason. Ok. 100 bucks. Fine. They lost my order. Meanwhile, I had read not to use a urethane based paint product outside when it’s below 50degrees (F) they found my paint right before Christmas. Great. Too cold. Then they said they didn’t have the right tinting program for that paint. ????? Anyway, I finally called “Boise Paint and Glass”. I took them my 2 gallons of base 4 Cabinet Coat and Voualla!!! They magically and professionally tinted my paint to a beautiful Hale Navy, which I took home, waited til spring, and then, following every recommendation on the process of painting cabinets, which didn’t take as long as I thought, I removed the cabinet doors and drawers, sanded, primed, and sprayed them all. (Hint: leave the garage door closed and wear a mask) I rolled the base cabinets that were attached in the kitchen. I lightly sanded between coats (250 grit), and did 3 coats. That was a year ago and they still look brand new. Maybe I can attach a photo. Hmmm. Guess not. But my vote is Cabinet Coat! Ps-I added about 3 Tbs water to every cup when I sprayed it! 6/22/2022 02:23:30 pm
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