Painting Flat Cabinet Doors

It was so much faster to spray on paint the coats of paint are thinner and dry faster.

Painting flat cabinet doors.

Cabinet doors come in a wide variety of styles. Paneled kitchen cabinets require a little more work use a paint brush to evenly coat angled surfaces and inset areas. Painting cabinets can be intimidating but with a little patience and planning ahead you can save hundreds of dollars by doing it yourself. This will prevent any light from coming through the caning.

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. Wood cabinets are ideal for painting but any surface that can be scuffed with sandpaper can be painted. Follow the instructions from the previous slide to create a glass panel cabinet door. Choose a high quality paint.

I ll give you the step by step method to repainting cabinet doors but first i ll let you in on my little secret. 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. Flat front kitchen cabinets complement a wide range of decorative styles. If you plan to get the cabinet doors painted we would highly recommend mdf over solid wood.

Primer won t form a good bond to this surface unless you scuff it up first. 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. The base cabinets were painted by hand and the cabinet door and drawer were painted with the airless sprayer. Then i waited a couple of hours before painting the final coats.

A flat painting surface is the key to refinishing kitchen cabinets. Pin it for later. Simply painting them a. Then find an area that gives you enough room to work and enough space to let everything dry for extended periods of time.

There are shaker style cabinet doors flat paneled doors inset doors raised doors and many more. They are the simplest type of cabinet to update because the flat front is like a blank canvas. Lay a sheet of cane webbing behind the glass. Some paint cabinets like ours have a catalyzed lacquer finish that s very hard.

Laminate cabinets require a special bonding primer. If you can wait longer do it. Special cabinet paints are available that provide a smooth finish but any high quality paint should work. This results in a better and smooth finish especially when the board is painted.

The laminate must be in good condition for best results. 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.