How To Prepare Wooden Cabinets For Painting
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How to prepare wooden cabinets for painting. It took me several nap-times to finish cleaning the cabinets but Im glad I put in the effort. After sanding getting rid of dust and priming the cabinets its a good idea to check everything with a bright. In this example Im using a small red oak scrap block that is unfinished.
The first paint-prep step after cleaning grease from cabinets is usually filling unwanted holes dents and dings with spackling or wood filler. Dirty cabinets wont hold paint as well as clean cabinets so scrub scrub scrub. The laminate must be in good condition for best results.
After scrubbing rinse the cabinet parts thoroughly and let them dry completely before you start painting them. Although this is probably the least fun part of painting kitchen cabinets it might be the most important. Scotch-Brite pads and a little bit of elbow grease goes a long way.
The best way to clean kitchen cabinets and get them ready for painting is to clean them really thoroughly with a good quality degreaser. For larger surfaces you can use a paint stripper. However if you are working with a surface that already has a finish paint stain clear coat etc on it you will need to sand the surface to scuff it up a little.
Wash them down with sugar soap or a strong detergent solution. If your cabinets are already painted after sanding you may need to use a paint thinner to strip the existing paint before painting the primer. Kitchen cabinets always need cleaning and this is especially important right before painting.
Wood cabinets are ideal for painting but any surface that can be scuffed with sandpaper can be painted. One thing Id read often was that porous oak cabinets soak up a LOT of paint. Sand the surface of the wood.
