Painting Over Laminate Kitchen Cabinets

The outer part of laminate cabinets most of the time this is a product called melamine which is a form of plastic are created from a thin film.

Painting over laminate kitchen cabinets. Short of committing to a more costly replacement of outdated kitchen storage repainting laminate cabinets is an affordable way to turn the eyesore into eye catching modern cabinetry. Your choice depends on how much you want to spend. To my surprise they responded by recommending i use chalky finish paint as a primer and satin enamels as a top coat. To understand how to paint kitchen cabinets or cupboards you need to understand a little about laminate.

Using an adhesion promoting primer will provide the right surface for your chosen paint finish to stick to. Then sweep away any dust and mask off the surfaces you don t want to paint. Once the surfaces are dry lightly sand the laminate to give the paint a better surface to stick to. The polyurethane top coats are known for yellowing over time especially when applied to white cabinets i used this product on my other painting laminate cabinets part 2 post.

These are our top tips on how to paint laminate kitchen cabinets 1. The best primer for laminate kitchen cabinets. A little pricey too but worth it. 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.

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. I also recommend the sherwin williams extreme bond primer. I only needed one coat. The milk paint top coat sealer is very similar to a polycrylic top coat.

Before you start painting give all the surfaces a good wipe down with a cloth and a laminate cleaner. 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. Here is the problem. 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 correct primer paint are key literally if you ve not already guessed it use the right products is vital. Replacing your cabinets is the most expensive option cabinetry constitutes nearly three quarters of the price of a new kitchen. Painting laminate cabinets changing out the doors and entirely replacing the cabinets are all possibilities.