Painting pvc/laminate kitchen units

Hill St Blue · 26-05-2014 10:46PM #1

Folks,
Rather than replace my kitchen units, I've decided that for now, a change of colour will do the trick. They're white pvc/laminate ones, so I'm wondering if anyone has any advice re painting them. Is there a particular type of paint that works well, or would a few coats of gloss do the trick?
To date, I've never painted anything but walls and wood, so any and all tips would be greatly appreciated!

HSB

dhog4n · 26-05-2014 10:52PM

Once you have the right primer for the substrate you can use pretty much any paint you want. Some of the modern water based paints (Farrow & Ball, Colortrend, etc) are very good for this purpose, if a little pricey compared to traditional gloss.

Call in to your local paint shop and tell them what you want to paint and they'll be able to supply a good primer and paint.

Hill St Blue · 26-05-2014 11:08PM

dhog4n wrote: »

Once you have the right primer for the substrate you can use pretty much any paint you want. Some of the modern water based paints (Farrow & Ball, Colortrend, etc) are very good for this purpose, if a little pricey compared to traditional gloss.

Call in to your local paint shop and tell them what you want to paint and they'll be able to supply a good primer and paint.

Cheers dhog4n!

michael999999 · 26-05-2014 11:12PM

Clean them down with sugar soap.

Wipe them down with ESP and clean lint free rags.

Give them a coat of BIN primer.

And two coats of satin/ gloss depending on what finish you want.

There are two pack paints you can get for kitchens as well, but if your a novice I wouldn't be advising you try them.

Painting pvc/laminate kitchen units

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