Best Paint for Kitchen Cabinets: How to Choose the Right Paint

Benjamin Moore Advance

Wondering what is the best paint for kitchen cabinets? Advance paint by Benjamin Moore combines the low VOCs of a water-based paint with the smoothness and durability of an oil-based paint in an alkyd-enhanced hybrid. Advance gives you a choice of finishes, including matte, satin, semi-gloss and high-gloss. For the best paint for kitchen cabinets, we recommend the satin finish which provides luster while retaining some ability to hide flaws. Professional painters like the way the paint smooths itself as it sets and the hard, washable, furniture-grade finish it provides. Benjamin Moore provides this tutorial video for best application practices.

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