Painting 80s Laminate Cabinets

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Painting 80s laminate cabinets. Do you want to update your ugly 80s kitchen but remodeling isn t in the budget. And yes susan tells us painting the melamine worked the brush strokes even look like wood grain she says. Is that a fair price. I have gotten an estimate for 1000 to paint all of the doors outside of boxes.

Although i want to diy i haven t the time and i would rather hire a pro. A third option is to apply a 100 percent acrylic flash bond primer such as xim rust oleum bullseye 1 2 3 zinnser or fresh start benjamin moore followed by two coats of. Next roll on a coat of bonding primer and let it dry completely. The first technique i used with the primer held up so well that i thought maybe the primer isn t necessary.

Painting laminate cabinets changing out the doors and entirely replacing the cabinets are all possibilities. If you ve scoured the internet for the best paint for your laminate kitchen cabinets i ve got a lot of answers for you. Your choice depends on how much you want to spend. Replacing your cabinets is the most expensive option cabinetry constitutes nearly three quarters of the price of a new kitchen.

The dos and don ts of painting laminate cabinets prime your laminate cabinets for the perfect paint job with these tips for surface preparation paint selection and application. I will say giving this 80s kitchen a good coat of paint totally transformed the kitchen. The before and after pictures will amaze you. I ve done a lot of research on how to paint laminate cabinets and 4 5 times out of 10 the blogger or writer did not use primer.

I ll show you how to paint melamine and oak kitchen cabinets and update them with new hardware. Download my free checklist with all the steps to update melamine cabinets with wood trim. Stock cabinets are least expensive. Well that s what i thought too before i started to paint my cabinets.

Specifically she used rust oleum cabinet transformations to give her 1980s melamine kitchen cabinets a new retro modern vibe. I started painting our 80s kitchen cabinets white to match the new cabinet working in sections so the entire kitchen wouldn t be out of commission at once. Cabinet coat is designed to adhere to plastic metal and urethane surfaces without a primer but laminate and melamine surfaces should be sanded before painting. I will not call this a tutorial on painting your kitchen cabinets because well i have zero photo proof of painting the cabinet doors.

I also have 80 s laminate cabinets that i want to paint. To paint laminate cabinets start by removing the hardware cleaning the surface and sanding the cabinets with medium grit sandpaper until the surface feels smooth.