Before And After Painting Laminate Kitchen Cabinets

This homeowner wanted her cabinets glazed in a soft white to soften the hard look of the wall of cabinets.

Before and after painting laminate kitchen cabinets.

We can do it either way. The old countertops would be removed and the old backsplash then either the cabinets painted or the counters and backsplash replaced whichever happened to be scheduled first. The kitchen felt truly cave like before but painting the cabinets in an off white lighter than the desired final look then glazing them with a soft gray brown glaze made it feel welcoming and open. Once this is done pour everything into a paint tray and you re ready for rolling.

In an ideal world the whole thing would be done at once. A burst of color. Add one entire tube of the laminate primer which comes with it in the blue lid and gave it a good stir for around two minutes. Ensure that the laminate is in good condition by repairing minor laminate damage or re facing cabinets before applying paint.

See more ideas about laminate cabinets cabinet makeover kitchen cabinets makeover. Sugar soap to give everything a thorough clean before painting use sugar soap. Do remove cabinet hardware remove knobs pulls and other visible. Prime your cabinets for painting we re using dulux renovator range plastic and laminate primer it comes in a tin.

Orbital sander you could sand by hand but a sander will make the whole process much quicker. Although i want to diy i haven t the time and i would rather hire a pro. If you already have the advantage of natural light add contrast in the kitchen by painting the cabinets a darker hue. I have gotten an estimate for 1000 to paint all of the doors outside of boxes.

Sandpaper you ll need a couple of different grits of sandpaper. You can also use 120 grit sandpaper as recommended by bidvine for removing glue from mdf cabinets. If your cabinets are already painted it doesn t mean you have to commit to the color. Most of you probably don t realize that i ve written two posts with two different techniques on how i painted our laminate kitchen cabinets.

Mar 22 2019 explore amber daugherty s board laminate cabinet makeover followed by 115 people on pinterest. Let me first recap the two posts that i will be reviewing and share a before picture. I also have 80 s laminate cabinets that i want to paint. This neutral color in the before photo blends right into the countertop.

We hired someone to paint the cabinets and counter white. Also i ll be discussing painting laminate with primer and painting laminate without primer. When the primer dries apply at least two coats of paint either with a paintbrush or by spraying. Once the mdf is clean and ready for painting give it a coat of stain blocking primer which you can apply with a paintbrush.