How To Clean Wood Cabinets Before Painting

Gentle and consistent cleaning are the keys to keeping your cabinets looking fresh and new.

How to clean wood cabinets before painting. You need to pay close attention and make sure you remove any grease and grime before painting your kitchen cabinets. Or else your paint will not adhere. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

For an Uber Smooth Kitchen Cabinet Surface before Painting. Spot clean the area with circular motions. You can use vinegar bleach or ammonia solutions but our experience shows they are usually not aggressive enough for kitchen cabinets.

Fill a bucket with warm water and squeeze in some dish soap as the water is running. Choose a high-quality paint. Special cabinet paints are available that provide a smooth finish but any high-quality paint.

Once you have scrubbed away all the dirt and grease use your bucket of clean water to rinse off the cabinets. Cleaning cabinets with vinegar before painting is very easy and effective. Just add a few inches of water to your bucket and a couple squirts of soap until the mixture is soapy.

Then mix up some liquid detergent soap and water but use only the suds to scrub it down and then wipe it dry. It also sanitizes the surface. Once the area is clean wipe it dry with another cloth.

This will cause the soap to bubble up Theres no need to be too precise with this. The point is that any and all of these and more can encourage a house adorning undertaking. And I always recommend cleaning down cabinetry in the kitchen bath or laundry room prior to painting.