Author Topic: Painting Kitchen Cabinets... (Read 3430 times)

Kitchen Cottage · « **on:** February 10, 2015, 06:51:58 am »

I have a kitchen I would like to paint the cabinets in. One are pine doors which are varnished with a laminate corner shelve unit , the other are laminate doors.

For the laminate doors I think there is a special product but I can't find details anywhere. Does anyone have any experience of doing this?

The kitchen was secondhand 3 years ago and is in my log cabin, it's that very yellow pine and would really lift the cabin if i gave the whole place a facelift (I need to get new sofa's etc).

Any help would be appreciated. i'll also be changing the handles.

claire · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2015, 08:36:20 am »

I would go into b&q and ask, they will likely have something.

Bionic · « **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2015, 08:46:39 am »

I'm not sure about the laminate but have you looked at chalk paint? I have just used it to cover some wooden cupboard doors. It doesn't need any rubbing down first and is very easy to do.

AnnS · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2015, 09:13:24 am »

Years ago we did this it turned out okay. Was Ronseal paint and grain.

AnnS

Ghdp · « **Reply #4 on:** February 10, 2015, 10:07:20 am »

Can certainly recommend the chalk paint on the pine which we have then lightly waxed. We have done a number of pieces of furniture and they look fine and the chalk paint is a doddle to apply. Not sure about the laminate.

Baois Glas · « **Reply #5 on:** February 10, 2015, 10:52:48 am »

I've looked into this, dulux, ronseal and crown I think have kitchen cupboard paint, not a huge variety of colours though. I think farrow and ball also do cupboard paint. I have seen some chalk paint which is marketed as furniture paint, which gets very good reviews.

Bionic · « **Reply #6 on:** February 10, 2015, 11:31:28 am »

The chalk paint I used was Annie Sloan. A little goes a long way

Kitchen Cottage · « **Reply #7 on:** February 10, 2015, 11:45:01 am »

Does chalk paint look "distressed"? That isn't the look I am after xx

Bionic · « **Reply #8 on:** February 10, 2015, 01:04:06 pm »

It only looks distressed if you distress it i.e. sand it down after you paint it so that the bits below show through.
You can buy test pots of it so you could give it a go to see if its what you are after.
As said previously you do need to wax if down afterwards to give it some protection from greasy fingers etc

Kitchen Cottage · « **Reply #9 on:** February 10, 2015, 03:26:27 pm »

The cabin will have Princess Nym in

and her many dogs. Is wax as good as paint for being hardwearing? I've only ever waxed beams not paint.

Bionic · « **Reply #10 on:** February 10, 2015, 04:54:23 pm »

Quote from: Kitchen Cottage on February 10, 2015, 03:26:27 pm

The cabin will have Princess Nym in and her many dogs. Is wax as good as paint for being hardwearing? I've only ever waxed beams not paint.

I don't know as I've only just done mine but I doubt its as good as paint

Ghdp · « **Reply #11 on:** February 10, 2015, 11:16:11 pm »

We have waxed ours to acheive both distressed and solid finish (on different pieces!!). I cannot say whether it is as hardwearing as paint in either scenario as it is a recent exercise for us too but the paint on the table legs and pedestal on the dining room table in a busy holiday let survived the first season completely unscathed.