How Do You Prepare Cabinets For Painting

To prepare wood for painting start by filling in any holes scratches and dents with wood putty.

How do you prepare cabinets for painting. After sanding getting rid of dust and priming the cabinets its a good idea to check everything with a bright. To prep them correctly you will have to scuff up the surfaces to create a tooth for your primer to bond to. For larger surfaces you can use a paint.

Kitchen cabinets always need cleaning and this is especially important right before painting. For cabinets with plain surfaces you can use a spackling compound. And since I had to clean them anyway I figured I might as well prep them for traditional painting.

If theres any old paint or stain on the wood scrape it off using a metal scraper or wire brush. Dip a sponge in the solution wring it out and wipe down each cabinet. Heres what youll need.

Getting Ready For Paint Cleaning and Sanding. Put on gloves and mix trisodium phosphate TSP and water according to the instructions on the box. Check out this article for a detailed description and video on how to paint kitchen cabinets.

If your repainting project is just a facelift for the cabinets you dont need to sand and paint the inside of the cabinets. Now that your floors are covered doors and drawers are removed and the insides of your cabinet boxes and drawers are prepped off the next step in getting your cabinet ready for painting is cleaning and sanding. Let each layer of the spackling dry before you scrape on the next.

Because of the exceptional adhesion of bonding primers sanding may not be necessary for most clean paintable surfaces. Plus our cabinets were filthy. I knew if I used a traditional latex cabinet paint and a polycrylic finish they would be easier to clean.