Watch as lou manfredini ace s home expert show you how your can paint laminate cabinets for an affordable.
Can you paint laminate kitchen cabinets.
This is a post that has been almost three years in the making and boy is it a relief to finally get it out.
If you can see the hinges or if the doors are easily removable take them off the cabinets.
Alternatively you can use a urethane reinforced acrylic paint such as insl x cabinet coat.
If laminate is cracked warped or peeling that damage can interfere with the bonding of paint to the cabinet.
The least expensive option is painting.
Have a laminate cabinet doors you want to update.
If you consider the paint job a temporary solution until you can invest in new cabinetry altogether you ll probably be more satisfied with the results.
Follow these steps to get the best finish possible.
The correct primer paint are key literally if you ve not already guessed it use the right products is vital.
Remove the cabinet doors if possible.
Want bright pink kitchen doors.
Using an adhesion promoting primer will provide the right surface for your chosen paint finish to stick to.
This will not only make it easier to paint them it will also protect the surfaces and furniture around your cabinets from drips or splatters.
The great thing about the dulux renovator range is that you can choose any paint colour available.
While more expensive than the ordinary acrylic latex paints you would use on drywall the urethane reinforced products have better hiding abilities and will stick better to problem surfaces cabinet coat is designed to adhere to plastic metal and urethane surfaces without a primer but laminate and.
It s time for your first coat of paint once the laminate primer has dried you re ready to put your first coat of paint on.
But the grey colour we re using is more to our taste.
These are our top tips on how to paint laminate kitchen cabinets 1.
Using the right method you can paint right over those laminate cabinets or any other kind of laminate furniture that needs a color update.