I’m finishing bare oak cabinets. I burned through the coat of primer during my sanding. Am I good to start spraying the alkyd paint on this or do I need to go back a prime again over the burned through areas?
Re-priming over sanded primer
painting
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Best Answer
Nope, you need to re-prime.
That's why care while sanding is a good idea, and that's also why it's very common to prime 2 or more coats. Honestly it's almost inevitable to blow through the first coat on sanding; this is just you exposing the high spots.
Leveling is one goal of priming; you're using the primer essentially as a filler to fill the low spots.
As you get the surface more the way you want, switch to finer sandpaper and less pressure.