How To Prepare Stained Wood Cabinets For Painting

Painting cabinets is a messy job and the last thing you want is paint all over your countertops as you learn how to paint kitchen cabinets.

How to prepare stained wood cabinets for painting. Its also one of the more economical options but before you run to your hardware store and grab a bucket of paint we have a few tips. Take your Hand Masker Dispenser and run a stip of plastic and tape along the top inside edge of the cabinet box. Cabinets looking tired.

Apply it evenly across both sides and around all edges using a good quality brush. Painting your kitchen cabinets can instantly update your kitchen. Next take your Frog Tape and run a strip of tape around the inside edge of the 3 remaining sides of the cabinet box.

The first step is preparing the wood by cleaning it and scuffing it with sandpaper. With your stain sealing primer applied and flatted down the final job is to then apply your top coat paint. Applications include wood that has been previously painted or has a polyurethane finish.

Apply the paint working in long straight strokes. Hand sand all the woodwork with 180-grit sandpaper to scuff the wood and prepare it for primer. Now carefully pull out the plastic and tuck it along the edge of the frog tape that you just applied.

Apply the latex paint with Oil Bond additive to the wood surface using a brush roller or spray. First clean the stained surface with soapy water to remove any dust dirt and cobwebs. Then you can use a brush to apply a primer working your brush using long strokes in the direction of the grain.

Paint on your top coat in the same manner as the sealer using fairly long brush strokes. Never again worry about durability or texture. Make sure youre working in an open and airy space to avoid extended exposure to paint fumes.