Painting Plastic Laminate Cabinet Doors
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Painting plastic laminate cabinet doors. However both are doable with patience and a steady supply of heat. If the melamine coating has only come loose in a few areas you can reattach it using an instant adhesive such as super glue or krazy glue. Some bathroom and kitchen cabinets are covered with melamine coating a type of plastic that can separate from the underlying surface over time. Laminate is a printed plastic that is adhered on top of a base layer usually a composite material.
Painting laminate kitchen cabinets is possible but more tricky than painting wood or mdf cabinets. Some mdf cabinets have a plastic coating and removing a plastic coating from kitchen cabinets is usually easier than removing a wood laminate. Watch as lou manfredini ace s home expert show you how your can paint laminate cabinets for an affordable. 89 33 kathleen is another renter stuck with a great apartment but so so kitchen.
The finish is slick so you ll have to make sure you put in the prep work for a quality finish. 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. She took a tiny budget and her restrictions in stride however and she painted her old laminate cabinets to give them a fresher. 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.
To jumpstart page info and all entriesproject. Next roll on a coat of bonding primer and let it dry completely. How to paint plastic laminate kitchen cabinets for under 100name. The best way to do it is to use a heat gun to soften the adhesive and pull the laminate off in sections starting with the edging.
Have a laminate cabinet doors you want to update. 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 will say giving this 80s kitchen a good coat of paint totally transformed the kitchen. Painting laminate cabinets can be a cinch.
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. Want a cost effective way to give your kitchen a new lease of life.