Painting Over Old Laminate Cabinets

Have a laminate cabinet doors you want to update.

Painting over old laminate cabinets. Once this is done pour everything into a paint tray and you re ready for rolling. If you re using chalk paint for a project you pretty much can t mess it up. 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 satin or semi gloss enamel paint and two coats of. Prime your cabinets for painting we re using dulux renovator range plastic and laminate primer it comes in a tin.

Chalk paint is a great choice for painting laminate cabinets because it hides brush strokes. 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. Next roll on a coat of bonding primer and let it dry completely. Using the right method you can paint right over those laminate cabinets or any other kind of laminate furniture that needs a color update.

The milk paint top coat sealer is very similar to a polycrylic top coat. This makes me so happy because regardless of whether you re a pro painter or a total beginner this won t impact the outcome of your project. Want a cost effective way to give your kitchen a new lease of life. This is a post that has been almost three years in the making and boy is it a relief to finally get it out.

I ve received a lot of questions over the past few months about how my painted laminate kitchen cabinets have held up. The polyurethane top coats are known for yellowing over time especially when applied to white cabinets i used this product on my other painting laminate cabinets part 2 post. 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. 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 decided that this post is long overdue being that it s been well over a year since my first painting laminate cabinets with no prep work has been published.