Priming and Painting Baked Enamel Cabinets

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I have a client with American made high end 1980 steel kitchen cabinets who are looking for a repaint, interior and exterior. My plan is as follows:
Wash everything with Simple Green or Zep Purple to remove dirt, food, and grease.
Wash again with Dawn to remove the residue.
Wipe down with SPI W&G.
Sand existing finish to 180 and scuff corners and other tight spots with red scotchbrite.
Wipe again with W&G.
Shoot SPI epoxy.
Interiors white, exteriors TBD depending on final color.
Single Stage urethane topcoat.
Doors and drawers and shelves removed and done at the shop; cabinets done on site in place.

Questions:
How does this sound?
Am I missing anything?
Should I leave the interiors in white epoxy or should I shoot SPI SS white?

Feedback is greatly appreciated.
 
I have not used white epoxy personally but have read on some other posts here that it will yellow over time.
 
Sucks that the base cabinets have to be sprayed on site. Bring plenty of lights!
As far as the white interior the only thing I did sort of like that was the inside of a small safe. I mixed a small amount of black epoxy into white epoxy for a very pale light grey. Doesn't see light that much, still looks good, don't remember exactly but at least 5-6 years.
The SPI SS white would be nice and bright and wouldn't take that much extra time to apply.
 
you will need to do ss over the epoxy on the interior. the epoxy will turn super yellow over time. not only that, it will not cover as well as ss. the interior of a cabinet is very difficult to sprat without runs etc because spraying into an inside corner will give you heavy and light spots. the epoxy will be difficult to get evenand any heavy spots are going to crater like crazy. reduce it down and do 2 light coats then spray ss for coverage.

also, you will def want to use zep purple on those cabinets. do it 2 times min. the greasy and oily buildup over the years on cabinets is pretty intense and difficult to remove even if they look clean.
 
I was going to say pretty much what JimC said about the difficulty of spraying into boxes. He gave some good advice about light coats of epoxy, more like a sealer & for good adhesion, then topcoat (lightly) just enough for coverage.
 
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