How to Paint Kitchen Cabinets
Steps in how to paint kitchen cabinets
Learn how to paint kitchen cabinets you will be on the way to refreshing and updating your tired looking cabinets! Kitchen cabinets are subject to extremely harsh conditions - climatic conditions in the kitchen vary and fluctuate all day from hot and dry to very humid and damp.
Add to that, the fact that they are constantly touched by hands and fingers smeared with grease and liquids, have liquids spilled upon them and are used sometimes as chopping boards, and it is no wonder that they wear out quickly.
Steps in preparing and painting
Decide whether you are going to varnish, oil or paint your cabinets
Clean the cabinets. Preparation is the most important step in the process of painting your cabinets, so make sure that all of the surfaces you are going to paint are completely free of all grease and grime. Cleaning and preparing the surfaces is much easier if you remove all the cabinet doors. Once you have taken them all down, find a place where you can lay them out flat. Clean and allow them to dry thoroughly.
Sand the cabinets. Once they are dry, use a piece of fine grit sandpaper - 150 or finer - and lightly sand in the same direction as the grain of wood runs. Do this evenly and don't forget the undersides that are seen when doors are open.
Paint on the primer. This is an undercoat that allows the paint to adhere well to the base coat and it also gives a nice even surface on which to paint. Ask your hardware store for the correct type depending upon whether you are using an oil-based topcoat or a water-based one.
Paint! Using a 2.5" or 3" brush, carefully paint in the same direction as before and paint 2 coats, drying in between. It is better to put on 3 thin coats than 2 thick ones. Please use new paint and not old.
It gives a more professional finish if you very lightly sand in between coats using a very fine 400 grit sandpaper. This just gets rid of small lumps and bumps before you repaint.
Having followed these steps in how to paint kitchen cabinets, rehang and enjoy the great effect that your 'new' cabinets will have on your kitchen facelift!
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