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04-28-2018, 05:15 AM | #1 |
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Anyone painted their kitchen cabinets?
I need an update to my kitchen. We have new tile to put in but I want to finish all the painting before we install it. I’m think My if giving our cabinets a face lift with done paint. Has anyone done this recently? Any tips?
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04-28-2018, 05:28 AM | #2 |
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Re: Anyone painted their kitchen cabinets?
I haven’t done it personally but have friends who have. They say it is way more work than they expected. If I wanted to do it I would do a bathroom cabinet first as practice.
Also, if you buy some floetrol to put in the paint, you won’t get brush strokes or roller marks. You can get it at Home Depot for about $7. So worth it!
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04-28-2018, 06:29 AM | #3 |
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Re: Anyone painted their kitchen cabinets?
I am following also as we are looking at houses it is something I think about as a pocibility
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04-28-2018, 06:40 AM | #4 |
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Re: Anyone painted their kitchen cabinets?
I did it. Ugly brown to white.
Love it. But tons of work!!!!!!! Cleaning took hours. Paint won't stick it not super clean. Sanding, sanding, sanding. Caulking. Filling old hinge holes. Primer. Paint 3 thin coats. New soft, close hinges. Swoon! I followed the frugal girl's website directions. Then I had to pay a painter 800 bucks to come in and fix my caulk errors. Because we're selling. They looked okay for me but buyers would have been like, hey, DIYer, don't quit your day job. I agree, practice on wood bathroom cabinets. I bought wood and saw horses for faster drying.
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04-28-2018, 04:35 PM | #5 |
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Re: Anyone painted their kitchen cabinets?
I haven't done it but I've read tons of blogs and watched tons of videos on how to do it. Because while I'd prefer new cabinets, I will probably go the cheaper route and paint or possibly reface.
You can buy liquid sander. I highly recommend looking into that. Sanding is a HUGE job. It may be called a deglazing product. It removes the glaze and roughs up the surface. Don't go cheap on primer. Primer is what make paint last. If you like shabby chic or vintage farmhouse, there are matte paints that don't require any prep. Seriously. They are completely matte and they will get dinged up-- but that is the point. It's not for me but I have friends who love the old vintage farmhouse style and it does look great if you love that kind of thing. I cannot remember the brands of paint they've used but I'm sure you can find it. They did have to wax it after but it still would be less work than using regular paint. ---------- Post added at 04:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:32 PM ---------- This is just a small cabinet but she used chalk paint. No sanding, no primer. This one isn't waxed. I guess some need to be waxed and some don't. Not sure about that. https://littlevintagenest.com/easy-f...inet-makeover/ |
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04-28-2018, 05:34 PM | #6 |
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Re: Anyone painted their kitchen cabinets?
The two people I've known who have done it have had the paint wear off the frequently used places after 5ish years or so. (Like the silverware drawer, the cabinet where the cups are.) I don't know how hard it would be to touch up, though.
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04-28-2018, 06:21 PM | #7 |
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Re: Anyone painted their kitchen cabinets?
My friend did it and loves the results. But it's a lot of work of your doing it yourself. I'd personally hire someone to do it.
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04-28-2018, 07:26 PM | #8 |
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Re: Anyone painted their kitchen cabinets?
If you clean with TSP and sand to bare wood, you might be able to get a painter to do the rest for a reasonable price.
I followed the frugal girl .com Directions. And a few others to confirm hers was good.
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04-28-2018, 08:18 PM | #9 | |
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And the thought of doing all that work makes me . But then I realize I want to rip out my island and redo that, completely, so maybe I should just bite the bullet and get all new cabinets. I want the really tall ones, if I replace. I should buy a lottery ticket so I can stop daydreaming. |
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04-29-2018, 10:15 AM | #10 |
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Re: Anyone painted their kitchen cabinets?
I really want new cabinets, too. Ours aren't wood and they're almost 40 years old - falling apart. I looked into painting them as a temporary fix before we can afford to replace, but after doing all the research I decided it was more work than I wanted to put into cabinets that I plan to replace as soon as we can figure out the money.
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04-30-2018, 03:43 AM | #11 |
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Re: Anyone painted their kitchen cabinets?
Paying someone is a privelage I do not have right now or in the next 3 years with Hubs still in school and the paint job done on them over a decade ago is beat up. I tried to shabby chic them but it just looks more old and tired instead of trendy.
I grabbed some deglosser this weekend and am going to try that on the cabinets to start. If we can pick up enough side work we might consider replacing the doors and drawer faces but even that is adding up so maybe not. I appreciate all the tips. If we ever sell a new kitchen won’t impact the worth of our home tremendously like it does in other neighborhoods. In over a decade Home prices having fluxed too much one way or the other. It’s just a simple townhome in a working class neighborhood. Even houses that have been updated don’t sell much above others. So we have decided to update for us not with an eye to sell because we live here now and for the long forswable future. |
04-30-2018, 07:13 AM | #12 | |
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05-01-2018, 11:34 AM | #13 |
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Re: Anyone painted their kitchen cabinets?
I painted my kitchen last summer. I went with pale blueish walls and I wanted like Ikea gray cabinets. It was a bunch of sanding and cleaning. I probably didn't do a good job patching. I found a bunch of holes afterwards that I should have patched. Painting wasn't that bad I just used a little roller and it went really quickly. My gray wasn't quite dark enough so the blue walls and grey cupboards blend a little too much but overall I am very happy with it. (It is a million times better than the black cupboards and grayish/greenish/brownish walls that were here when we moved in) If we ever do sell the new owners will put in new cupboards because these are in poor shape but replacing isn't in our budget right now so I'm happy with what I got.
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05-01-2018, 10:35 PM | #15 |
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Re: Anyone painted their kitchen cabinets?
Me! Well, I'm actually in the middle of my cupboard redo. My cupboards are wood that the previous owners painted over....directly over stain. . So the paint (which was completely matte ) chipped and peeled.
Last summer I got the doors completely sanded. Early fall I sanded every part of my cupboards in my house. I'm thiiiis close to having all the cupboard innards and sides repainted. Doors are all that's left. It's taken forever, but that's ok because I'm doing it all myself. My upper cupboards will be white. My lower cupboards a very deep teal. It contrasts well with my medium green walls.
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