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Painting Kitchen Cabinets

  • 19-06-2016 9:33pm
    #1
    thebuzz
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    Considering attempting to paint some old kitchen cabinets, I'm not great at DIY but have done an ok job at painting walls before.

    Is this too difficult a job for novices? Does it only work on certain types of kitchen cabinets or does that not matter? Is it better to use a brush or roller?


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  • #2
    Sleeper12
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    thebuzz wrote:
    Is this too difficult a job for novices? Does it only work on certain types of kitchen cabinets or does that not matter? Is it better to use a brush or roller?


    More information please. What type of material is being painted? Wood finish, laminate etc?


  • #3
    thebuzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭thebuzz


    There's a pic of one of them if that's any use.


  • #4
    Caroleia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭Caroleia


    that picture is not much use. But to answer your question yes it's very do-able, my partner painted wooden cupboard doors in a kitchen we had. He took each one off, cleaned it and painted it front and back with cream paint. I think he may have done two coats. It took ages as there were loads of them and I was at him to just lash a bit of paint on the front but the job he did lasted for the 8 years we were in that house and for all I know they're still there. It looked like a new kitchen once he was done. You do need to do different types of prep and laminate would definitely need a special undercoat though afaik.
    ps as far as I remember he used a brush.


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