Painting kitchen cupboards

Garnet_Gem

Has anyone painted kitchen cupboards and wished they hadn't done it? I'm thinking about doing mine as all the makeover shows seem to produce an "as new" kitchen when they do that. I realise that it'll invole a lot of sanding down etc but is it worth it or was it a disaster?

greyteam1959

Dont see any reason why it cant be successful but like everything else its all down to the preparation.............
Dont try and do it on a Saturday morning before the footie cos it will be a disaster..........
Prepare it well and I would thing you could make your kitchen look great for little money

never_enough

Previous owners added bits of wood then painted the kitchen doors to give plain doors the shaker look. I didn't realise for ages. About to give them another go as they're starting to look a little shabby, but must've been done for at least 4 years. I don't have the money for a new kitchen anyway, but I've not seen anything other than this style & colour that would suit me or the kitchen.

As well as prepping the surface, check out the right kind of primer or undercoat as well as paint you need for your cupboard surface & you should be fine.

Doozergirl

To my horror, my husband did it 'as a surprise' in a flat we'd bought to sell on. The doors were solid wood but they were so horrid and dated I thought they were beyond redemption.

I admit when I saw them, I had to eat my hat because they looked fantastic! He'd painted them in a cupboard paint called 'champagne' (don't know who by, Crown maybe?) and they were updated immediately.

I'd worry about the surface of the current doors perhaps, but on wood, it looked great!

paullwill8

Firstly wash all units with sugar soap to remove grease etc.
Then make sure you sand down thouroughly and remove any dust.
Prime with Dulux Trade super grip primer, undercoat with Dulux trade oil based, then 2x top coats of Dulux trade diamond satin in chosen colour. Be sure to gently rub down between coats, allow 7 days for the satin to become fully hard.
Get the materials from Dulux Decorator Centre.
HTH
Paul the painter.

kit

I'm thinking of doing this to my kitchen...... is there anything I can do to the work surface to give it a new lease of life too?

never_enough

kit wrote: »

I'm thinking of doing this to my kitchen...... is there anything I can do to the work surface to give it a new lease of life too?

Doubt there's a paint that can take the abuse, tiles maybe? Laminate & even wooden worktop can be bought so cheaply it's probably not worth the faffing around because it will look rubbish compared to a new worktop. I'm pretty sure there'a a thread on worktops from a few months back, might be worth having a search.

dianadors

I have painted my kitchen several times instead of buying a new one. It always looks great when I have finished. However the last time I did it, it took 3 attempts to get the colour right! (it does look fab now though and still costs less than a new kitchen). I have always used "Satinwood" paint as this gives a nice finish.

TheOne

paullwill8 wrote: »

Then make sure you sand down thouroughly and remove any dust.
Prime with Dulux Trade super grip primer, undercoat with Dulux trade oil based, then 2x top coats of Dulux trade diamond satin in chosen colour.
Paul the painter.

Is diamond satinwood available in colours yet?

Wayne3765

I did it a few years ago using cans of Wilko's gloss white multi surface enamel spray paint which was around £3 a can.

I took them outside and gave them a couple of light coats of spray on a sunny wind free day and the result was pretty good.

specialK

I was looking at kitchen cupboard paint in Focus today.

Crown is £10.99 and Focus own is £8.99, there are loads of colours to choose from.

See them both here http://www.focusdiy.co.uk/bin/venda?ex=co_wizr-locayta&template=wz_locayta&collate=cat&collate=ivtype&collate=brand&collate=price&collate=pdxttype&collate=pdxtcolour&collate=pdxtfinish&collate=pdxtpower&collate=pdxtspeed&collate=pdxtsuite&collate=pdxtvoltage&collate=pdxtsize&termtextkeywordsearch=cupboard%20paint&typekeywordsearch=keyword&fieldinvt=type&termtextinvt=invt&typeinvt=exact&fieldcat=cat&termtextcat=0401&typecat=exact&termorder=keywordsearch%3Ainvt%3Acat&pagenum=1&perpage=9&threshold=0&spellcorrect=1&datasource=focusen&setpagenum=1&termtextivtype=kitchenbroompaint&typeivtype=exact&fieldivtype=ivtype

HTH