How to paint kitchen cupboards/cabinets under $150

  

I have always wanted to try my hands at painting my kitchen cupboard or cabinets for a long time, and last week, I finally did it.

With the help of my wife, we were able to accomplish this dream of mine.

I am so excited about the whole project of painting my own kitchen cabinet, and today, I would like to share the step-by-step ways you can paint your own kitchen cabinet, giving your kitchen a stunning look.

A simple DIY project anyone can do to save you thousands of dollars.

First, you will have to check and ensure that your kitchen cabinet is good.

If all the parts are not in good condition, you will have to replace them first before considering painting them.

For instance, after examining your cabinet door and noticing it is falling off or decaying, you will have to completely replace it or get it fixed if it could be repaired.

This is to help make the painting of all the parts be in uniform.

Another thing you should look at when you want to paint your kitchen cabinet is to know the materials they are made of.

Metal and wooden cabinets can be painted more accessible and need no expertise, but plastic laminate cabinets need unique treatments and special paints for their painting.

Below is a list of all the tools you will need;

• A foam roller
• A painters brush
• screwdrivers
• sandpaper

How to start.

First, remove all the kitchen cabinet door handles, or cabinet pulls using a screwdriver, or for a faster result, use a power drilling machine. Be careful not to injure your fingers when using the power drill or screwdriver.

Then remove all the cabinet doors.

Most of these doors have inches that are screwed in them, so to remove them, you will need to use a screwdriver to disassemble them. You can also use a power drill if you have one.

If you plan on still using the same hinges and door handles, each hinge and the door handle or door pull in plastic bags and label.

Each set of hinges and handles must be grouped together, labeled, and placed in its cabinet.

Remember to give that same label number to the cabinet doors removed and the cabinets themselves, so they do not get mixed up.

You should consider cleaning the surfaces of your cabinets and its door to get rid of either dirt, oil, or food particles that might have come into contact with the cabinets.

This makes it easier for the paint to stick correctly to the cabinets.

Make sure what you will use to clean the surfaces of the cabinets is a chemical that will not leave behind any kind of dirt residues back on the cabinets.

I used Trisodium phosphate (TSP) to clean mine, and it worked amazingly well to remove all dirt and oil from the surfaces of my cabinets.

Trisodium phosphate (TSP) comes in a powder form which you put in water for it to dissolve, and then you use that solution to clean the surface of your cabinets.

Be careful this solution doesn't fall on any glass or aluminum product while cleaning because Trisodium phosphate or TSP will etch the surfaces of these products, thereby giving them a lousy appearance.

Spray the chemical on the surfaces of your kitchen cabinets and allow give it a few minutes to settle down a bit.

Use a clean towel to clean the chemical off the surface of the cabinet.

Cover all the areas you want to protect the paint from reaching with a drop cloth.

Tape off all kitchen cabinet areas you don't want the paint to reach.

After going through all those steps, the next thing you should get ready for is sanding.

A 220 grit sandpaper should do.

The sanding is essential because sanding the surfaces allows the kitchen cabinets to accept the paint much more than if it has not been filed.

To sand, take the sanding block and start robbing it vigorously on the surfaces of your kitchen cabinets.

Do this until you have covered all the spots.

You can begin with all the doors you have removed and work your way up to the main cabinets frames fixed to the wall.

Clean off dirt and dust accumulated after sanding with your vacuum or a tack cloth.

Begin the painting process by first applying a primer to all the surfaces you want to paint.

Why apply a primer?

Applying a primer is very important because priming your kitchen cabinet will help the paint adhere appropriately to the cabinets.

The primer is also going to make the paint job last longer.

You can use a water-based primer and start applying that to your cabinet.

Remember to get a primer with the same color as the color you plan to paint your kitchen cabinets.

Be sure to also check the drying time of your primer on its container to know when exactly to start applying the paint to it.

Use a foam roller to apply the primer to your cabinet doors and the framework of your cabinets.

If the foam roller cannot reach certain parts of your cabinets, use the painters' brush. Do that and re-smooth it with the foam roller again to give it a uniform look.

Flip the doors and apply the primmer to the other sides. When the primmer has finished drying well, you can start using the paint immediately.

Apply the paint starting off by applying thin layers to all the surfaces.

After observing and noticing that your paint has dried, you will need to do some little more sanding.

I did that to prepare the surfaces for the final coat of paint and eliminate spots that are not well leveled.

Wipe off all the dust after sanding with a tack cloth to make it clean once again, and apply the second coat of paint in a thin layer just like the first coat you have used.

You can apply a third coat of paint if you are not satisfied with how it turned out.

Your kitchen cabinet should turn out great.

When thoroughly dried, fix back all the parts back.
Start with fixing the hinges of all the doors removed according to the labels you have given to all the removed parts.

Fix the door handles after you have attached the hinges.

Your kitchen should have a stunning look after finishing your paintwork.
This whole process could take around 2 days to be entirely done.

This should cost you around $150 instead of buying a new kitchen cabinet and saving you money.