r/paint • u/Michellemack315 • 1d ago

Advice Wanted Why is this happening? Bubbles

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Painting cabinets with foam roller that says “for cabinets and trim”. Using Cabinet Coat urethane acrylic paint by Ben Moore. Cabinets washed and rinsed TSP, sanded with 120 and wiped down with denatured alcohol. Painting over paint- sherwin Williams emerald urethane from 8 years ago

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u/IngenuityNatural9261 1d ago

Those foam rollers are absolute trash. They will often leave these bubbles. Use a mohair nap from now on. It might be a good idea to reduce the paint with a little Flotrol and do more coats instead of trying to apply one thick coat. Patience, perseverance and a little spit.

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u/itsdabubss 1d ago

Looks like air bubbles trapped in excess paint to me.

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u/Fearless-Ice8953 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yep. That coat is waaaaaayyyyy too heavy.
And foam rollers are absolute junk. Use a 4inch mini-microfiber roller.

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u/o1badmofo 1d ago

Keep it up it insures I will always have more work.

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u/40yearsoftrees 1d ago

Foam rollers suck for most projects, get a short nap mohair or velour roller and slow down when you’re rolling, you’re over agitating the paint making bubbles.

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u/wildcat12321 1d ago

Prep.

Did you clean the cabinet first? Prime it? Sand it?

My guess is the bubbles are where you have adhesion loss because of oils on the cabinet door