Youtube Painting Formica Cabinets

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Youtube painting formica cabinets.

Dealing with outdated formica cabinets. I will not call this a tutorial on painting your kitchen cabinets because well i have zero photo proof of painting the cabinet doors. In this vidoe i explain the steps and supplies neccessary to paint a formica surface. I did tape the hardware and the areas inside the cabinets with blue painters tape.

Remove the doors and hardware. But be warned it s tricky to paint over formica. If painting cabinets tape off surrounding walls and potentially. Painting your formica cabinets is a cheap way to give a room a whole new look.

If you ve scoured the internet for the best paint for your laminate kitchen cabinets i ve got a lot of answers for you. Formica has such a slippery surface that paint has a hard time sticking to it. If a total replacement isn t in the budget painting veneer cabinets and laminate cabinets is an option for a fresh and budget friendly new look. I will say giving this 80s kitchen a good coat of paint totally transformed the kitchen.

How to paint laminate kitchen cabinets. Please don t hate me but my laziness got the best of me and i did do something i regret. Painting over formica can be difficult as it is but if the laminate is cracked warped or peeling then this is just going to make it that much more difficult for the paint to adhere to the cabinets. I did not remove the cabinets before painting.

If painting a formica countertop tape off the sink the backsplash walls that edge the counter and the lower cabinets. Because it s non porous and smooth formica makes it difficult to apply paint evenly and the paint can peel right off. I was able to paint over sun yellow formica cabinets and it extended the life of the kitchen nearly 10 years. Do not paint over damaged laminate.

When you paint laminate kitchen cabinets you need a good primer. Clean with soap and water light sand with 400 grit black paper clean with lacquer thinner 2 light coats of oil based kilz primer then 3 light coats of acrylic paint applied with the thin mini rollers.