Painting Flat Cabinet Doors

The secret to painting drip free and brush stroke free cabinet doors.

Painting flat cabinet doors.

Some paint cabinets like ours have a catalyzed lacquer finish that s very hard. Simply painting them a. For a solid background cut a 1 4 inch thick wood panel to the same size as the glass and paint it the same color as the cabinet door. Special cabinet paints are available that provide a smooth finish but any high quality paint should work.

This will prevent any light from coming through the caning. I ll give you the step by step method to repainting cabinet doors but first i ll let you in on my little secret. There are shaker style cabinet doors flat paneled doors inset doors raised doors and many more. If you plan to get the cabinet doors painted we would highly recommend mdf over solid wood.

Painting cabinets can be intimidating but with a little patience and planning ahead you can save hundreds of dollars by doing it yourself. Primer won t form a good bond to this surface unless you scuff it up first. This results in a better and smooth finish especially when the board is painted. I used sherwin williams oil based proenamel in alabaster for the upper cabinets and sherwin williams contractor grade oil based paint color matched to benjamin moore s huntington green.

Then i waited a couple of hours before painting the final coats. Wood cabinets are ideal for painting but any surface that can be scuffed with sandpaper can be painted. Choose a high quality paint. They are the simplest type of cabinet to update because the flat front is like a blank canvas.

If you can wait longer do it. A flat painting surface is the key to refinishing kitchen cabinets. Paneled kitchen cabinets require a little more work use a paint brush to evenly coat angled surfaces and inset areas. If you have flat doors on your kitchen cabinets you can make quick work of paint application by using a paint roller with nap for the most even application and smooth finish.

Follow the instructions from the previous slide to create a glass panel cabinet door. The base cabinets were painted by hand and the cabinet door and drawer were painted with the airless sprayer. It was so much faster to spray on paint the coats of paint are thinner and dry faster. Remove all draws and doors and don t forget to remove any hardware.

The laminate must be in good condition for best results. Cabinet doors come in a wide variety of styles. First sand any damaged areas on the doors or paint cabinet frames with 320 grit sandpaper to remove burrs or ridges then fill the areas with spackling compound photo 3. Pin it for later.

Then find an area that gives you enough room to work and enough space to let everything dry for extended periods of time. I let the cabinet doors and drawers dry cure for almost a week.