Painting Flat Cabinet Doors

Remove all draws and doors and don t forget to remove any hardware.

Painting flat cabinet doors.

The base cabinets were painted by hand and the cabinet door and drawer were painted with the airless sprayer. Painting cabinets can be intimidating but with a little patience and planning ahead you can save hundreds of dollars by doing it yourself. Primer won t form a good bond to this surface unless you scuff it up first. Special cabinet paints are available that provide a smooth finish but any high quality paint should work.

This will prevent any light from coming through the caning. Paneled kitchen cabinets require a little more work use a paint brush to evenly coat angled surfaces and inset areas. Then i waited a couple of hours before painting the final coats. Some paint cabinets like ours have a catalyzed lacquer finish that s very hard.

Pin it for later. Simply painting them a. First sand any damaged areas on the doors or paint cabinet frames with 320 grit sandpaper to remove burrs or ridges then fill the areas with spackling compound photo 3. A flat painting surface is the key to refinishing kitchen cabinets.

Choose a high quality paint. Follow the instructions from the previous slide to create a glass panel cabinet door. They are the simplest type of cabinet to update because the flat front is like a blank canvas. If you have flat doors on your kitchen cabinets you can make quick work of paint application by using a paint roller with nap for the most even application and smooth finish.

Cabinet doors come in a wide variety of styles. I let the cabinet doors and drawers dry cure for almost a week. For a solid background cut a 1 4 inch thick wood panel to the same size as the glass and paint it the same color as the cabinet door. The secret to painting drip free and brush stroke free cabinet doors.

Lay a sheet of cane webbing behind the glass. I ll give you the step by step method to repainting cabinet doors but first i ll let you in on my little secret. Then find an area that gives you enough room to work and enough space to let everything dry for extended periods of time. Wood cabinets are ideal for painting but any surface that can be scuffed with sandpaper can be painted.

This results in a better and smooth finish especially when the board is painted. Laminate cabinets require a special bonding primer. The laminate must be in good condition for best results. Flat front kitchen cabinets complement a wide range of decorative styles.

It was so much faster to spray on paint the coats of paint are thinner and dry faster. There are shaker style cabinet doors flat paneled doors inset doors raised doors and many more.