Then rinse with fresh water and dry the cabinets completely.
How do you paint laminate wood cabinets.
While more expensive than the ordinary acrylic latex paints you would use on drywall the urethane reinforced products have better hiding abilities and will stick better to problem surfaces cabinet coat is designed to adhere to plastic metal and urethane surfaces without a primer but laminate and.
Laminate cabinets require a special bonding primer.
The laminate must be in good condition for best results.
Wood laminate furniture is often the epitome of an impulse purchase.
Before you start painting laminate cabinets gently wipe away settled on grime and grease using trisodium phosphate.
Have a laminate cabinet doors you want to update.
Your choice depends on how much you want to spend.
Then rinse with.
Wood cabinets are ideal for painting but any surface that can be scuffed with sandpaper can be painted.
You love it when it first arrives at your house and it fills its desired function.
Laminate on the other hand does not have a porous surface so it s harder to get paint to stick to it.
Choose a high quality paint.
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.
But after a few months or even years the artificial look of the laminate gets dated and desperately needs a push into modernity.
If you paint a piece of real wood furniture or cabinetry the wood will absorb some of the paint or primer into its pores which creates a tight bond and helps the paint stick to the wood.
You can update your laminate wood furniture at home.
Next roll on a coat of bonding primer and let it dry completely.
Prime your cabinets for painting we re using dulux renovator range plastic and laminate primer it comes in a tin.
To paint laminate cabinets start by removing the hardware cleaning the surface and sanding the cabinets with medium grit sandpaper until the surface feels smooth.
Replacing your cabinets is the most expensive option cabinetry constitutes nearly three quarters of the price of a new kitchen.
Alternatively you can use a urethane reinforced acrylic paint such as insl x cabinet coat.