How To Paint Ikea Akurum Cabinets

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

How to paint ikea akurum cabinets. We really needed to update our bathroom countertops and cabinets. Proper prep is key to painting a slick surface like melamine or laminate. Painting ikea sektion kitchen cabinets. This technique works for all ikea furniture.

We re big fans of ikea hacks and upgrades so we re completely in favor of adding a little personality with paint. My husband loves nautical themes which is why we are slowly transitioning our bland bathroom to a sailor s dream. Let s start with the cabinets. The right way to paint ikea furniture.

Even the best ikea hack can be ruined by a bad paint job. How to paint ikea cabinets. Once the primer is dry start painting. Camille on september 22 2017 at 12 23 pm we never ended up doing it.

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. These are the original cabinets and it seems to look like an ikea type cabinet. In this tutorial on how to paint ikea furniture i ll show you my best tricks to make ikea furniture look expensive and last longer. Not the look that i m going for with my built in desk.

In fact years ago i tried painting a billy bookcase only to see the paint on it bead right up. Here s how i did it. Paint at least two coats of primer. Clean the ikea furniture piece and make sure the surface is lint free.

Before i dive in this is a tutorial for painting laminate ikea furniture. How to paint ikea furniture. I did some research and looked up the best ways to paint ikea cabinets. So i wiped it off and gave up.

Then i installed the base cabinets with vadholma mounted between sektion drawer units. If you tried to just paint the cabinets right out of the box the paint will definitely chip off. 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.

I found so many recommendations for a shellac based primer that promised to help paint stick to ikea cabinets. Our plan is to paint them at some point in the future. Installed the upper cabinets and added crown moulding. My diy desk is made from ikea sektion cabinets with grimslov doors.

I prepared to paint doors and side panels by first sanding all bodbyn doors slightly to remove. Particleboard covered in laminate. Peeling paint dried on drips and roller marks are not the hallmarks of a high end furniture piece. The room felt a little boring so i decided to paint the cabinets.

I would suggest two coats of paint. But recently i figured out the trick to painting ikea furniture that makes it totally doable. My rule of thumb is to paint enough coats to where you can t see the original finish. This diy will show you how to paint ikea cabinets.