How To Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets Yourself

Give your dated kitchen cabinets a new look with a fresh coat of paint.

How to paint your kitchen cabinets yourself. Prime the cabinets Apply a coat of high quality primer to all surfaces of the cabinets. Blog post link here. If your cabinets have a factory finish sand lightly with 120-grit sandpaper or a sanding sponge.

When dry resand all surfaces lightly to prepare them for the second coat Image 3 wipe away all sanding dust with a tack cloth Image 4 then repaint. Besides the cost to paint wood cabinets should be no more than about 250 plus a weekend or two of your time. Im always happy to answer and help.

Let the primer dry according to the label on the primer you are using. Two coats of quality paint are usually all that is necessary but you may want to add a third coat because kitchen cabinets take lots of punishment from cooking heat and day-to-day use and wood surfaces need all the. In contrast a few fresh coats of paint can go a long way toward transforming your existing cabinets for a fraction of that price.

Wipe down all surfaces that will be refinished with a sponge dipped in the TSP solution and squeezed out. But you dont need to sand to bare wood. Paint the Cabinets.

Watch the series now on the Ace Hardware YouTube channel. With some paint patience and a little time you can transform your kitchen. I used TSP substitute a heavy-duty cleaner I read about online.

Gently roll over any overlapping brush marks or paint drips to smooth the surface. The Main Course With Annie Kitchen Edition shows you how to transform your kitchen only using paint. Apply a coat of paint to all the primed surfaces finishing up with top-to-bottom strokes along the grain.