Kitchen Cabinets Paint

Your selection of paints is the most important thing for making the kitchen cabinet beautiful and everlasting. There are some basic types of kitchen cabinets paint which you should know before you plan for an elaborate cleaning and then painting session of your cupboard. These are Alkyd-Oil base, Acrylic-Latex and tinted shellac which is most commonly used in the cabinetry industry in the present times.

It is generally seen that the Alkyd-Oil base paint gives the greatest longevity to the cabinet. It is also easy to maintain and is hard and hence lasting. Yet when painted it requires one or two full days to get properly dried. On the other hand the Acrylic-Latex can be easily dried as it has water base in it. It gives stunning effect to your kitchen and has a shorter life span.

The last of the above kitchen cabinets paint is the tinted shellac and is in powdered form and this cannot be applied directly and hence there is need for suitable additives. However, it is not sufficient to put only one coat as some cabinets would need at least two to even three coats and hence costs may run up considerably compared to the other types of paints. Hence, it is not quite popular to paint with this.

You should think of painting with only one color although many people try to apply more than one color on their cabinet. Yet this may or may not look nice as it is always the single paint on the cabinet that has always held that appeal. Thus, do with only one color and see the magic if you had applied it properly. You of course need to clean the cupboard before you apply the paint on your cabinet.

You may choose to have your kitchen look sparkling white or off white so that it would look spacious as light colors reflect the light that falls on them. In case you have opted for the black color then you must think of the size of the kitchen as they tend to shorten the space of the kitchen while at the same time enhancing the coziness and warmth.

Painting is an art and not much work and if you do it patiently and carefully you will derive immense satisfaction while you do the job and more so when you finish it to your liking. You should therefore do some research before you come to decide on your kitchen cabinets paint so that you need not be disappointed later.