Can You Paint Laminate Cabinet Doors

Have a laminate cabinet doors you want to update.

Can you paint laminate cabinet doors.

You ll want to be able to remember where everything goes when it comes time to put it all back together again so grab a packet of stickers or tabs and write numbers on each door so you know where to re fix them. Scrape off as much as you can using a solvent such as paint thinner or acetone to soften it. Grab your screwdriver and get busy unscrewing all your doors drawer fronts and their handles. You can mask metal on the hinges with painter s tape and paint the doors in place or if the hinges are visible and removable take the doors down from the cabinets and paint them separately on.

After you ve removed the laminate there is bound to be some residual glue. Remove the laminate doors you are going to paint and take them to a flat surface on which you can work. You can also use 120 grit sandpaper as recommended by bidvine for removing glue from mdf cabinets. Use the solvent to rub off whatever you can t scrape off.

Ah so satisfying. If you want to paint the inside of the cabinet doors flip them over and do that now once all the paint is dry inspect everything for raised drips unwanted brushstrokes or other imperfections in the surface of the chalk paint. You can lightly sand these down using a handheld sanding sponge or sandpaper.