Painting Ikea Cabinets

But not all ikea furniture is alike and therefore not all requires the same paint treatment.

Painting ikea cabinets. I like to use cheap foam brushes to apply primer to avoid brush marks. So i wiped it off and gave up. I used the same process for painting an ikea besta cabinet. Ikea is a great place to get cabinets countertops and all sorts of great home things as i am sure you are well aware.

Installed the upper cabinets and added crown moulding. I found so many recommendations for a shellac based primer that promised to help paint stick to ikea cabinets. When we moved into our house in 2010 we installed an ikea kitchen see post here on the kitchen installation. Before i dive in this is a tutorial for painting laminate ikea furniture.

The only bummer part is your stuck to the colors they provide. In fact years ago i tried painting a billy bookcase only to see the paint on it bead right up. This diy will show you how to paint ikea cabinets. If you tried to just paint the cabinets right out of the box the paint will definitely chip off.

Preparation and materials cost. Particleboard covered in laminate. Proper prep is key to painting a slick surface like melamine or laminate. The desire to take an inexpensive mass produced ikea item and put a personal spin on it is nothing new there are so many ikea hacks floating around the internet that it inspired the creation of the wildly popular website called ikea hackers back in 2006.

Ikea cabinet doors are made from melamine foil which is durable and easy to clean but difficult to get paint to stick to. I did some research and looked up the best ways to paint ikea cabinets. We had always intended to paint the kitchen cabinets to a light greenish blue color sherwin williams sea salt as evidenced in that 2010 blog post. We re big fans of ikea hacks and upgrades so we re completely in favor of adding a little personality with paint.

But recently i figured out the trick to painting ikea furniture that makes it totally doable. This technique works for all ikea furniture. I prepared to paint doors and side panels by first sanding all bodbyn doors slightly to remove. Painting ikea sektion kitchen cabinets.

Bags at lowes to protect table. Here s how i did it. The site is a fabulous resource if you re looking for some hacky inspiration. Then i installed the base cabinets with vadholma mounted between sektion drawer units.

I m referring to ikea s popular material of choice. For us we were painting our cabinets white and ikea s white was off white it wasn t going to fly with our white as white cabinets. Always prime this will help the paint to bond to the surface and if its the laminate effect ikea pieces you are painting then it needs to be an oil based primer. Paint and supplies pre paint items linked each item in grey craft table.

Oil paint primer needs to be applied in a well ventilated area as fumes are quite strong.