Can I Paint Over Laminate Doors

Want bright pink kitchen doors.

Can i paint over laminate doors.

Let me just tell you that it s totally doable and a dated pieces can look amazing again. If you ve scoured the internet for the best paint for your laminate kitchen cabinets i ve got a lot of answers for you. Using the right method you can paint right over those laminate cabinets or any other kind of laminate furniture that needs a color update. I will say giving this 80s kitchen a good coat of paint totally transformed the kitchen.

Ensure that the laminate is in good condition by repairing minor laminate damage or. Let me explain a little more. It usually means the top is in good condition. The frames are laminate and the doors are real wood so they were aging into different colors.

2 sand all the doors surfaces with either 80 or 120 grit sandpaper. It s time for your first coat of paint once the laminate primer has dried you re ready to put your first coat of paint on. I will not call this a tutorial on painting your kitchen cabinets because well i have zero photo proof of painting the cabinet doors. Second laminate is more durable than wood when it comes to scratches and dings.

You can t really tell that is was faux wood grain laminate when it s painted correctly. Then apply a coat of an acrylic latex paint with a brush or roller using short even strokes. Once it s dry gently sand the surface with a 220 grit sandpaper. Laminate and plastic can be worrisome to paint for some people because it seems like a surface that paint would not stick to.

Next apply an oil based primer with a brush or roller and wait 4 hours for it to dry. While more expensive than the ordinary acrylic latex paints you would use on drywall the urethane reinforced products have better hiding abilities and will stick better to problem surfaces cabinet coat is designed to adhere to plastic metal and urethane surfaces without a primer but laminate and. This is a post that has been almost three years in the making and boy is it a relief to finally get it out. It can be painted over 2.

I ll go into the how to paint laminate in a minute. Alternatively you can use a urethane reinforced acrylic paint such as insl x cabinet coat. First laminate can be painted over. To paint laminate furniture start by sanding down the surface using 120 grit sandpaper so that the paint will stick better.

But the grey colour we re using is more to our taste. It s not difficult at all you just need to do it right.