Painting Laminate Cabinets

With a minimal financial investment a little time and some elbow grease your kitchen can have a richer more customized look.

Painting laminate cabinets. Use a paint brush along areas that are close to the wall and on the edges. To my surprise they responded by recommending i use chalky finish paint as a primer and satin enamels as a top coat. Thus this is not a step to be skipped. Long story short i contacted my favorite paint people decoart and asked them if they had a product they recommend for painting laminate cabinets similar to the satin enamel i used on my kitchen cabinets.

The best primer for laminate kitchen cabinets. Next roll on a coat of bonding primer and let it dry completely. As explained above and in my tutorial on painting a bathroom vanity the paint we used for painting our laminate kitchen cabinets was the benjamin moore advance line. It glided on evenly and covered flawlessly.

Painting laminate cabinets is not that hard i think it makes many people nervous because if you re painting kitchen cabinets it s a big job on an expensive item. If you re painting your laminate cabinets all one light color definitely go with the proclassic. Next use a laminate primer on your cabinets. To paint laminate cabinets start by removing the hardware cleaning the surface and sanding the cabinets with medium grit sandpaper until the surface feels smooth.

Then roll on 2 3 coats of paint letting each coat dry completely before adding a new one. Then sweep away any dust and mask off the surfaces you don t want to paint. Painting laminate cabinets can be a cinch. Using a high quality self leveling durable paint like the advance line that is intended for painting cabinets makes all the difference in the final result of painted kitchen.

Once the surfaces are dry lightly sand the laminate to give the paint a better surface to stick to. A little pricey too but worth it. Painting laminate cabinets changing out the doors and entirely replacing the cabinets are all possibilities. Once this is done paint larger surfaces with a roller brush.

It will also prevent laminate paint from adhering nicely to the cabinets. Painting laminate cabinets offers an inexpensive way to update the appearance of your kitchen in a short amount of time. Before you start painting give all the surfaces a good wipe down with a cloth and a laminate cleaner. I only needed one coat.

But my philosophy with diy is always that if i screw something up i can probably fix it. Painted cabinets are no different. Stock cabinets are least expensive. Prime them for perfect color with these tips for surface prep paint selection and application.

Your choice depends on how much you want to spend.