Can You Paint Your Old Kitchen Cabinets

You might even get away with one.

Can you paint your old kitchen cabinets.

Painting your kitchen cabinets is the single most transformative thing you can do to your kitchen without a gut renovation. If you plan on using new hardware that is a different size than the original you will have to fill the old hardware holes before painting. If you re using your old hardware you can clean it or refinish it with spray paint for a new look. If you re using roughly the same shade as the existing color two coats ought to do the job.

Paint the cabinet boxes. Even the highest quality paint job can t revive cheap cabinets that have grown frail with age. Then fill holes with the wood filler. Instead of replacing your old kitchen cabinets make them new by repainting them.

Clean the old paint cabinets thoroughly prime with a stain blocking primer and then paint with a high quality. If your cabinets have any holes or gouges you will need to fill them. Break out a new brush for each coat. If your hardware simply needs cleaning see refinishing and cleaning kitchen cabinets for instructions.

Thin veneers peel or delaminate particleboard cabinet bottoms or shelves sag or break and hanging rails come loose. Painting over a dark finish with a light color is tougher and could require three coats. Apply tape to the back surface of the cabinet doors underneath those holes. With an inexpensive paint sprayer and a few gallons of paint you can transform your kitchen in a weekend.

You re finally ready to paint.