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Painting Kitchen Cabinets
From Truevalule.com

If you are remodeling your kitchen, or just want to give it a quick face-lift and don't want to spend a lot of money, consider repainting your cabinets. You can change the look of your entire kitchen by painting your wood or veneer cabinets a fresh color. We recommend using the EZ-Kare line of paint because it's durable enough to withstand the everyday use cabinets get.

The easiest way to do this project is to leave the inside of the cabinets alone since it is only seen when the cabinet is open. Also, if you paint inside the cabinets you would have to take everything out of them. Even without painting the insides, this project takes three days so plan to do it when you have the time.

font size="2">Materials Checklist

• Screwdriver
• Newspaper
• TSP (trisodium phosphate)
• Sponge
• Bucket
• Sandpaper (coarse & finegrit)
• Masking tape
• 2-Qts. Primer (water or oil-base)
• 1-Gal. Oil-base paint (satin, gloss or semi-gloss)
• 2-1/2” Natural bristle brush
• Paint tray
• Two tray liners
• Roller handle
• 2 or 3 roller sleeves (lamb’s wool)
• Paint thinner
•Can (coffee can or large soup can)



Caution: The fumes from the paint and the primer can get intense so you need to make sure that some windows or doors are open. Don't make this a winter project.
Step 1. Remove Cabinet Hardware & Protect Surrounding Areas
Remove the cabinet doors and all hardware (handles, hinges and knobs) using a screwdriver. If your cabinets use magnetic closures, take them off as well. Some doors have inside hinges that are not exposed; in this case it would be acceptable to leave them on the door but mask over them with tape.

Step 2. Clean Cabinets
Clean with TSP. This is a powder, so you need to mix it with water in a bucket. Wash the doors and the exterior of the cabinet facades and the front and sides of the cabinet using a sponge. Let the cabinets dry, then sand them with coarse-grit sandpaper. You want to give the surface a rough texture so the primer grips. Sand until the shiny surfaces are dull.
Tip: Sandpaper Know-How
Sandpaper comes in a range of grit or coarseness. There are very coarse papers to very fine. This range is numbered with the coarsest having the smallest number and the finest the largest. A good coarse paper is number 80. A good fine paper for this project is a 200 to 300
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