Painting Laminate Wardrobe Doors

Once it s dry gently sand the surface with a 220 grit sandpaper.

Painting laminate wardrobe doors. Won t scuff or scratch can stand up to everyday life. For this project we used zinsser bin. 2 sand all the doors surfaces with either 80 or 120 grit sandpaper. How to paint a melamine wardrobe.

Then apply a coat of an acrylic latex paint with a brush or roller using short even strokes. You have a few options to choose from so make sure you choose a primer that made to adhere to laminate and glossy surfaces without sanding. If you find yourself needing to be creative when it comes to furnishing your bedroom consider picking up a melamine wardrobe at a discount store or flea market. I did my wardrobe and kitchen cupboard doors woodgrain laminate using esp as prep the flood company australia â paint additives â esp i used enamel on the kitchen doors and some normal solver wall paint sorry dont know what type it was but wasnt enamel for the wardrobe.

Transform cupboards with one coat. To avoid turning my house upside down completely once we d taken the doors off the wardrobe frame we decided to leave the clothes hung up and tape tarpaulin sheets around the clothes to avoid them getting paint on them. But when the room was painted dark blue i felt a big white boxy wardrobe would jar so it needed a makeover. If you want to update your kitchen without the cost of getting a new one our one coat cupboard paint is just what you need.

Kilz adhesion and zinsser bullseye 123. It covers cupboards drawers furniture and doors in just one coat. To paint laminate furniture start by sanding down the surface using 120 grit sandpaper so that the paint will stick better. I used this pack of two rollers for the primer and the eggshell paint and i really felt they made a real difference to the application rather than using basic mini paint rollers.

Using the correct primer is key when it comes to painting laminate. Great for kitchen cupboards and bedroom furniture. Remove the laminate doors you are going to paint and take them to a flat surface on which you can work. One the cupboards were dry i taped off the sections i did not want to be painted with a low tack tape then applied 3 coats of zinsser b i n with a special furniture door and cupboard set roller.

When we bought the wardrobe the choice for door colours was limited so we went with plain white doors.