Painting Over Wood Kitchen Cabinets

This kitchen received a total overhaul including completely new custom cabinets.

Painting over wood kitchen cabinets. Painting or replacing kitchen cabinets when do you know it s time. Use a wood sanding block to prevent rounding over the wood edges. Wherever you sand down to bare wood try to blend or feather the edges where the old paint meets the wood so the new paint will lay flat and the paint edges will not be visible or telegraph through the new finish. Sand these areas to bare wood and spot prime with a stain killing primer sealer before repainting.

Just roughen the surface to provide the new paint with a firm clean base for better adhesion. Paint away just make sure they are properly primed more on that later. Use a paint brush and a roller to get your first coat of paint on the cabinet frames. When sanding there is no need to remove all of the old paint if it is sound and well adhered.

If you ve noticed the cost of new appliances countertops and cabinets it s no surprise that renovating a kitchen is one of the most expensive remodeling projects. Painting kitchen cabinets takes a little more care than other household surfaces but it s a job that falls with the diy range when you follow the steps to painting cabinets. Food safe coatings the paints primers cleansers and strippers you apply to your cabinets can let off harmful airborne fumes into your food storage and preparation area. Skip to main content skip to main navigation.

Depending on what colour you are painting over two coats might be enough but do a third coat if you need to. We ll show you how. Easily update your old kitchen cabinets without blowing your budget by painting them instead of replacing them.