Painting Over Stained Cabinets

First clean the stained surface with soapy water to remove any dust dirt and cobwebs.

Painting over stained cabinets. Sand the wood surfaces lightly and wipe off all dust with a tack cloth. Ours were pretty clean and i used a microfiber cloth. Choose a color as close to your paint color as possible.

Then follow these general preparatory steps for painting over stain. 1 remove doors from the frames and the hardware. Use a tack cloth to remove any sanding dust.

Next to dull the stain lightly sand. But you can also use just a mixture of vinegar and water to clean it. Use any stain blocking and sealing primer that you purchase from a home improvement store.

Follow up by sanding all surfaces with 180 grit sandpaper until they are thoroughly deglossed. Host kevin o connor helps a homeowner refinish his kitchen cabinets. See below for a shopping list tools and steps subscribe to this old house.

It adheres better to the scuffed up surface than paint and it provides a white undercoat which saves paint if you are using a light or pastel paint color. Before painting cabinets you need to prime them to ensure the paint sticks. Painting your cabinets can give them a fresh look but if the cabinets have already been stained you ll have to do a little prep to get the paint to adhere.

As a bonus it prevents any dyes or stains that you weren t able to clean off from bleeding through. Wipe down the cabinet doors and the cabinet with a wet cloth. Use sandpaper in the middle of the spectrum 150 or 200 grit is good and just give all of.