Complete step by step guide. Submitted by Chicago painter.
Save money. Refinish cabinets instead of spending thousand for new cabinets.
Instructions
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The basis of cabinets refinishing and every process of painting is preparation.
- Take off all the doors and drawer fronts.
- Save the hinges and all screws. Put aside in marked box. Screws always disappear.
- Mark each door under the hinge and cover the number with a small piece of blue tape. Mark relative box with the same number.
- Paint the doors in a closed, ventilated room for example the garage.
- Cover the floor with two layers of red construction paper.
- Cover all walls with painters plastic. At least 1.2 mil thick.
- Repair all cracks, holes with hard wood filler.
- Sand the doors with 220 grit Sandpaper. Vacuum and wipe the doors with rag with mineral spirit. Repeat the procedure between each coat.
- Clean whole work area.
- For a professional finish apply the paint with airless sprayer.
- Turn off all fans, blowers.
- Paint each door separately. You must be careful to prevent overspray from sitting on already painted doors. I paint the doors in garage corner.
- Apply a thick layer of paint / primer in the middle of the door and a little thinner on the edges – to prevent paint dripping. Thick layers of paint / primer will fill wood grains.
- Leave the doors in horizontal position. As a base use two pieces of 2×4 to every door.
- Start painting from the back of the door.
- Prime coat: BIN Shellac primer. If there are a lot wood grains we apply two coats of primer.
- Paint: three coats of Sherwin Williams Satin Proclassic / Benjamin Moore Satin Impervo. Don?t save on materials.
- Apply protective coat – Minwax water based Polycrylic satin or semi-gloss varnish. Varnish prevents finish from sticking and makes surfaces more durable. Water based finish doesn?t change the color.
- With the large number of layers of paint / primer we receive factory like finish.
- Repeat the procedure at the front of the door. I leave the doors for two days before I switch the sides.
- Each coat of paint and primer must be thoroughly dry before applying the next coat.
- Paint cabinet boxes with mohair or foam quality roller instead of airless sprayer, so you don’t have to remove them for painting.
- When the topcoat is dry remove the pieces of blue tape to match doors with the boxes.
- After installing the doors ? leave them opened for at least 3 days
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