How To Prepare Wooden Cupboards For Painting
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Rinse but do not soak the cabinets.
How to prepare wooden cupboards for painting. Prepare the cupboard surfaces for painting. To prepare your space use masking tape to protect hinges or glass and put down dust sheets to cover the floor. It all starts with the deglosser.
You can easily update a piece of wood furniture with paint. Theres no need for a primer or topcoat for wooden or melamine cupboards. Pick a formula designed for the job like Rust-Oleums Kitchen Cupboard Paint.
Take an orbital sander to cabinet surfaces you plan on painting and sand them down until. Follow the paint directions for the correct dry time. You may do this either of 2 ways.
After sanding getting rid of dust and priming the cabinets its a good idea to check everything with a bright light to. For larger surfaces you can use a paint stripper. However glossy cupboards will need a quick sand.
Wash them down with sugar soap or a strong detergent solution. Before you paint varnished cupboards you must remove the high-gloss finish. The first paint-prep step after cleaning grease from cabinets is usually filling unwanted holes dents and dings with spackling or wood filler.
Sand the surface of the wood until its smooth then. Getting Ready For Paint Cleaning and Sanding 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. If theres any old paint or stain on the wood scrape it off using a metal scraper or wire brush.