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No real need to strip them.Give them a coat of oil based undercoat & then another coat of your finish paint.That should stop the bleeding.

There are special products that will also stop bleeding.Any of them can be applied over the paint you have already applied.

With all the paint that you have on the doors you will need to watch build up on the edges which will stop the doors from working properly.Give them a good sand with fine sandpaper before you start.

Home Depot gave you some bad advice if they told you not to prime first,but I would have left the oak alone.I would go back to Home Depot and tell them the advice the person gave you,they won't be to happy with that person,seeing that they missed out on the sell of the primer...Always sand and prime before painting...

Home Depot told you to prime or not to prime?  If they told you not to, I believe that they are wrong.  If they told you to prime and you didn't....hmmm.  My suggestion is to get MORE advice  from Home Depot.  If that doesn't work, check with another paint seller to find out what they advise.  Hope this helps with your project...."You can do it...they can help"....maybe. 

You just cost yourself a lot of time, work and money. You now have to strip the cabinets of the paint and then lightly sand them and apply the primer and then paint them again. 

HI  BEFORE YOU STARTED WERE YOU ADVISED TO WIPR THE SURFACES WITH METHOLATED SPIRIT TO REMOVE ANY GREASE OR POLISH BEFORE YOU STARTED TO PAINT.

YOU WILL HAVE TO REMOVE THE PAINT YOU HAVE APPLIED BECAUSE OF PAINT BUILD UP  YOU NEED TO SAND PAPER THE PAINT UNTIL IT IS NEARLY BACK TO THE ORIGINAL OAK DOOR .

BEFORE STARTING THE PAINTING PROCESS FINISH SANDING WITH FINE WIRE WOOL TO GIVE A REALY SMOOTH FINISH  CLEAN THE DOOR THOUGHLY WITH WHITE SPIRIT USING A LINT FREE CLOTH ALLOW TO DRY YOU NEED TO APPLY A COAT OF WHATS CALLED BARRIER PAINT THIS ENSURES THAT NO UNDER PAINTS WILL BLEED THROUGH FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING HOW MANY COATS TO APPLY AND WEATHER TO GIVE YOUR DOORS AN UNDER COAT AS DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS HAVE VARIOUS BUILD UP SPECIFICATIONS

YOU NEED TO SAND DOWN BETWEEN APPLYING COATS OF PAINT USING THE REALY FINE SANDPAPER OR WIREWOOL MAKE SURE YOU WIPE DOWN WITH WHITE SPIRIT IN BETWEEN COATS SO AS TO REMOVE ANY BITS  GREASE ETC.

ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS WHICH ARE USUALLY ON THE TIN

IF YOU PAINT  BARRIER COAT,    PRIMER COAT   2  UNDERCOAT AND 2 FINISH COATS YOU  SHOULD GET A REARLY SMOOTH PROFESSIONAL FINISH

GOOD LUCK HOPE THIS HELPS

Thanks for all the good advice you have given me...Home Depot told me I didn't need to prime first and when I asked about washing the cabinets with TSP again he told me I didn't need to so from now on I will follow what the instructions say on the can and that's it.  I do like the look of the cubboards painted white, it so brightens the room which is what we wanted but hopefully I will be able to fix the problem of bleeding.

Ducky

Too bad about the bad advice from HD. I'm guessing that they have been stricken from your list of "helpers". :)