Painting Laminate Trim

Follow with a second strip of the tape to make a wider masked area.

Painting laminate trim. How to add trim and paint your laminate cabinets. A folded sheet and finger pressure work great for most areas. To sum it up the most important steps are to sand and prime all the surfaces before painting. And a wider view of the whole kitchen.

A rubber sanding block is comfortable to grip works well with feathering and lets you apply more even pressure in. Oil based primer can also be used if the wall is. Painting laminate wasn t difficult but i did find it more time consuming than painting wood. Here is what our terrible cabinets looked like before.

For painting over baseboards in rooms with hard flooring such as wood tile or laminate carefully run painter s tape along the floor where it meets the trim. Then apply a coat of an acrylic latex paint with a brush or roller using short even strokes. Next apply an oil based primer with a brush or roller and wait 4 hours for it to dry. These trim painting tips will pay off for smooth and perfect results.

Once it s dry gently sand the surface with a 220 grit sandpaper. To paint laminate furniture start by sanding down the surface using 120 grit sandpaper so that the paint will stick better.