How To Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets

Watch our how to video for a look at our recommended process for repainting kitchen cabinets or keep reading for our helpful step by step guide.

How to paint your kitchen cabinets. You ll want to prep all of the doors and drawers properly to ensure your paint will stick. Here s how to do it in just six easy steps. Take your time this is no afternoon makeover project.

Choose a high quality paint. For tip for painting kitchen cabinets. Special cabinet paints are available that provide a smooth finish but any high quality paint should work.

It s tempting to slap the paint on thickly and quickly but you ll regret it when the slightest scuff chips a whole chunk of paint off. Allow at least five to seven days to build up the paint in thin layers lightly sanding and wiping off dust between coats. Remove all of the contents of your cabinets and drawers and don t put.

Clean all of the surfaces to be repainted with a solution made from one part trisodium phosphate and four parts water. Acrylic latex based paint is durable and easy to clean up. Working from top to bottom apply the paint to the cabinet exterior across the grain then tip it off with the grain.

Think about this step as a great excuse to clean out all that clutter. Step by step project details tools materials here. Next paint the cabinet doors and drawer fronts along with any separate wood pieces or moldings image 1.

Kitchen cabinets get greasy so the paint may not adhere well unless you clean them thoroughly with a grease cutter such as trisodium phosphate tsp which is sold in hardware stores home centers and paint stores. Protect the floors with drop cloths and cover the counters with rosin paper using masking tape to hold the paper in place. Start this process by scrubbing your cabinets to get rid of any grease or residue.