Paint for painting wooden kitchen unit fronts.

[Chubber]

I'm trying to help a neighbour who wants to paint the outside faces of some oak kitchen units which are all in good condition in a deep red/maroon colour. (Is there a feminine version of the mid-life crisis? )
I've recommended sorting out any hinge/ handle problems first, washing down thoroughly with sugar soap using a soft scrubbing brush then a good rinse and dry.
I recently saw somewhere advertised a furniture paint for just this purpose but as you can imagine Googling the same brings up 1,276,345 results (but in only 0.2 sec).
The product had a name like 'Coverall' but that search invites me to buy dungarees!
Oh Sages of UKW, any suggestions both for product and anything I haven't thought of?

 

[alex robinson]

I am always a bit suspicious about all in 1 paints - a specialised primer and topcoat feels like it should be more effective, but I am sure a painting expert will be along shortly to give better advice. When we did ours, we sugar soaped, sanded and primed everything zinsser. Then Tikurilla Helmi as a top coat. Looked pretty good and lasted excellently so far (only 12 months though).

 

[Ollie78]

Rustoleum do a kitchen cupboard paint but I have never tried it. Zinsser do an Allcoat topcoat, could that be it ?
As above the prep work is super important, sugar soap is definitely a good start.
I like to use either foam backed de nibbing pads 220 grit, or webrax type scouring pads to ensure a good key, then ALL dust must be removed with a microfibre then a tack cloth, compressed air is good if you have a compressor.
Sometimes a second sugar soap is needed.
Tikurilla is very good paint which I have used on loads of built in units, normally combined with the Otex adhesion primer which is very sticky even on problematic surfaces and will flatten back better than anything.
When not spraying you can get a pretty good finish with a gloss roller but you need to test it to judge the finish you get with the paint you have. I like the Rota mini rollers from toolstation.

 

[Chubber]

Thank you both for your replies, I have passed on your info, gratefully received.

 

[alex robinson]

Agree about

Rustoleum do a kitchen cupboard paint but I have never tried it. Zinsser do an Allcoat topcoat, could that be it ?
As above the prep work is super important, sugar soap is definitely a good start.
I like to use either foam backed de nibbing pads 220 grit, or webrax type scouring pads to ensure a good key, then ALL dust must be removed with a microfibre then a tack cloth, compressed air is good if you have a compressor.
Sometimes a second sugar soap is needed.
Tikurilla is very good paint which I have used on loads of built in units, normally combined with the Otex adhesion primer which is very sticky even on problematic surfaces and will flatten back better than anything.
When not spraying you can get a pretty good finish with a gloss roller but you need to test it to judge the finish you get with the paint you have. I like the Rota mini rollers from toolstation.

Using good rollers. Will have to try those Rota ones. I like the 2 fussy blokes ones. Decent ones give a totally different finish to the cheap rubbish ones.