How To Prep Cabinets For Painting

September 28 2016 by cori george 3 comments.

How to prep cabinets for painting. Sand everything with a medium grit sandpaper to help the paint stick to the surface. Part of my cabinet painting series. This was her answer.

To plastic off the insides of your cabinet boxes use a 3m hand masker dispenser. Both dry hard and totally prevent stains from bleeding into your paint. The best primer to use also depends on your application method.

How to prep solid oak cabinets for painting. Next take your frog tape and run a strip of tape around the inside edge of the 3 remaining sides of the cabinet box. If you purchase something through the link i may receive a small commission at no extra charge to you.

This post and the photos within it may contain amazon or other affiliate links. The simple but important prepping process. I use zinsser bin shellac the most but cover stain oil is good too.

Placing painter s tape on the wall along the cabinet edges is helpful. How to get cabinets ready to paint refinish or lacquer. I would never use these on anything that could possibly be scratched which is probably everything else but since the cabinets were being painted and they were so greasy and full of grime the scrubbers worked great.

In the case of cutting through that old grimy grease on cabinets and walls that are being prepped for painting i will use the scotch green scrubbers. Take your hand masker dispenser and run a stip of plastic and tape along the top inside edge of the cabinet box.