How to Paint Kitchen Cabinet

When you start with making your kitchen cabinet look resplendent in your kitchen you should bear the fact in mind that the cabinet ought to be painted properly so as to make it look as good as the way you had installed them earlier. You need to keep in mind about the different aspects of the cabinet as it would have definitely been damaged or scratched due to rough use. If there is quite a lot of damage then you must reface it before trying to understand as to how to paint kitchen cabinet.

You could start with looking up at the different areas of the cabinet that has been scratched or dented. If the cabinet has been in your house for decades then it is high time you did something about it. See whether the wood of which the cabinet is made of is of hard wood or fiber board or a combination of both. You need to make sure where the dents are and if they are inconspicuous and can be overlooked. However, make sure that the plywood or the fiber board is cracked or is sagging and in both cases there wouldn’t much long life for these.

You ought to replace the damaged plywood or fiber board with hard wood as the latter can only last long enough. Remember, frequent repairing can increase the costs of the cabinet quite high. Hence, this is to be avoided and you can paint to increase the durability of the wood. You should hire an expert painter who knows how to paint kitchen cabinet.

You must also decide about the type of paints as the durability of the wood to a great extent depends upon which paints you use. If you were to choose the Alkyd-Oil base paint then it is more durable than the water base Acrylic-Latex base or the tinted shellac. However, the oil based paints take more time to dry while the Acrylic-Latex gets dried easily. Yet the latter can give you some of the more stunning finish. In the case with tinted shellac the cost may go up as you need to add this powdered form with an additive many times.

The cabinet must be empty with the surrounding areas screened properly to avoid spillage and then you need to clean the whole cabinet with soap and warm water. After this you need to sander them and then apply a primer. It is only after the primer is dried that you apply your color of your choice. You can later on give lessons of how to paint kitchen cabinet to your friends too.