How To Paint Pressed Wood Kitchen Cabinets

Mask off the interiors with painters tape for a clean finish and sand only the front surfaces and visible edges of the cabinet face.

How to paint pressed wood kitchen cabinets. Laminate cabinets require a special bonding primer. Press board kitchen cabinets are inexpensive and easy to install. I am priming with an oil based primer because it should help the pressed wood stay intact. These cabinets are typically coated with a vinyl or wooden veneer for better durability and a polished aesthetic.

Vinyl veneer is inherently nonporous and slick and most wood veneer is coated with high gloss varnish. While it may be easy to just replace it with a new cabinet repainting that old kitchen cabinet may just give your kitchen that dose of a rustic feel. Some mdf cabinets have a plastic coating and removing a plastic coating from kitchen cabinets is usually easier than removing a wood laminate. Wood cabinets are ideal for painting but any surface that can be scuffed with sandpaper can be painted.

Before realizing it was probably thermofoik my husband pulled the laminate off thinking we could just buy new covers. Special cabinet paints are available that provide a smooth finish but any high quality paint should. Lightly sand the doors on all sides and faces image 1. So instead i have removed all doors and drawer covers.

Use a wood sanding block to prevent rounding over the wood edges image 2. Short of committing to a more costly replacement of outdated kitchen storage repainting laminate cabinets is an affordable way to turn the eyesore into eye catching modern cabinetry. Fill a clean paint tray with your finish and use a natural brush to apply it to the paint. The laminate must be in good condition for best results.

Use the brush to cover every surface. 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. However both are doable with patience and a steady supply of heat. However vinyl and wooden cabinet surfaces are difficult to paint.

Choose a high quality paint. Once your paint job has dried get a shellac or wood varnish if you want to waterproof the cabinets. Revamping the look of your pressed wood kitchen cabinet. If your repainting project is just a facelift for the cabinets you don t need to sand and paint the inside of the cabinets.