You might be tempted to paint your old kitchen cabinets to give your kitchen a new look or paint the new ones yourself to cut down on the cost of your kitchen remodel project. If you want to paint kitchen cabinets yourself, you should pay close attention to few key points.In order to ensure a sleek look and clean finish, you need to:
- Clean the surface of your cabinets with trisodium phosphate.
- Fill the holes, dents or gouges on your cabinets using wood filler.
- Sand off the old paint. If you skip or don’t pay enough attention to this step, the new coat of paint will not adhere well and chip off in a very short time. Unless you clean the sanding dust properly, the new coat of paint will be uneven in color and there will be lumps of dust on the surface of your cabinets.
- Apply primer before paint for more durability and better water resistance.
Although painting kitchen cabinets yourself is a budget friendly solution, it is a very involved process. Unless done very carefully, applying paint to cabinets can result in patchy and rough looking surfaces.