Painting Melamine Cabinets

Once this is done pour everything into a paint tray and you re ready for rolling.

Painting melamine cabinets. When painting melamine it is a good idea to apply a thin layer of ultra grip to your melamine cabinets. This paint is durable so it is often used to paint laminate surfaces such as cabinets or furniture. Start the paint flow with the spray gun pointing off just off the side of the door.

Melamine is a fairly common material for inexpensive home furnishings such as shelves wall cabinets and cupboards sometimes even furniture. Melamine is a synthetic resin made by mixing melamine and formaldehyde and it is a common binder for house or furniture paint. Then rinse with fresh water and dry the cabinets completely.

This type of cabinetry is often found in lower end kitchens melamine and thermofoil are similar plastic materials that are applied over particleboard or mdf to inexpensively simulate the look of painted wood. How to paint melamine kitchen cabinets. Just add a very thin layer using a sponge.

Apply a thin coat of fusion paint in the color of your choice. Before you start painting laminate cabinets gently wipe away settled on grime and grease using trisodium phosphate. I have to honestly say i have never had the guts to recommend that a client paint thermofoil laminate or melamine kitchen cabinets.

They get a lot of use and i didn t want to regret painting them if they started to chip a few weeks down the line. Step 3 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.

It s normally melamine for the cabinets and shelves and backs of doors for whatever reason and thermofoil for the door fronts. I knew it could be done but i had to get it right first time. Thermofoil is the flexible plastic stuff that somewhat irritatingly sometimes peels off.