Painting Ikea Laminate Cabinets

When we moved into our house in 2010 we installed an ikea kitchen see post here on the kitchen installation.

Painting ikea laminate cabinets. But not all ikea furniture is alike and therefore not all requires the same paint treatment. I m referring to ikea s popular material of choice. We had always intended to paint the kitchen cabinets to a light greenish blue color sherwin williams sea salt as evidenced in that 2010 blog post. The brand is zinsser but make sure you get the shellac based version.

So i wiped it off and gave up. I m no stranger to painting laminate. In fact years ago i tried painting a billy bookcase only to see the paint on it bead right up. To learn how to correctly paint ikea laminate furniture without sanding keep reading.

Before i dive in this is a tutorial for painting laminate ikea furniture. Ikea sektion cabinet fronts are already finished and painted. As a matter of fact i ve tried a few different methods and i ve decided that there is a right and a wrong way to paint laminate surfaces which is basically what ikea furniture is made of. Particleboard covered in laminate.

It is formulated for use on laminate furniture which most primers aren t. How to paint ikea furniture with chalk paint if you are considering painting ikea furniture with chalk paint you can still use the same tutorial above. Painting ikea furniture or any laminate furniture okay so barish has this weird sloping ceiling behind his bed that creates an unusable triangular void. They are made of laminate wood which means they have a glossy texture.

We re big fans of ikea hacks and upgrades so we re completely in favor of adding a little personality with paint. We first considered building a tiny wall to block off that area and bring some normalcy to that wackadoodle room but that would have been a big nasty job. And that laminate finish is something that can t easily be painted. But recently i figured out the trick to painting ikea furniture that makes it totally doable.

You can see my comprehensive post about the right way to paint laminate. The plan was to leave the upper cabinets white and paint the lower cabinets navy blue. With a coat or two of this miracle primer you can layer on sprayed rolled or brushed paint for the top coat and it will stick and stay on your ikea furniture. Still be sure to sand and primer as laminate furniture is super slick and you need that extra gripping power to make sure your final coat of chalk paint adheres well.

So i decided to buy all white cabinets and drawer fronts.