Tips For Spray Painting Cabinet Doors

For the outside areas of the cabinets with edges angle your gun so two to three spray passes will blend in the center.

Tips for spray painting cabinet doors.

Experiment on the inside of doors to see which sleeve works best with your paint. I wasn t looking forward to taping off every inch of my kitchen and appliances like all of the bloggers did in these cabinet painting tutorials so i decided that i would roll and hand brush the cabinet bases and spray the doors in the garage. On a side note we did not paint the inside of our cabinets i would not tackle that job unless we were going to tape off all of the walls in the kitchen and spray the inside. Natural bristle brushes are better suited for oil based paints.

For cabinet interiors apply the paint with a smooth surface mini roller which leaves a slight orange peel texture. The team from rogue engineer shows you how to prepare paint an. When the primer is completely dry lightly sand the surfaces. In order for the cabinets to look like they had a professional finish i knew i needed to spray them.

If you re painting frame and panel cabinet doors follow the direction of the wood grain with your finishing brushstrokes. Then tape off the insides of the cabinet frames and the floor of the kitchen. Before spray painting construct a makeshift booth to contain the airborne spray. To start use a two inch brush to coat the grooves and recesses of cabinet doors.

Spray the larger flat surfaces as you did with the doors. Assemble a work surface putting boards over sawhorses works great then hang plastic sheeting around the work area. Synthetic bristle brushes work best for latex. The vertical stiles should receive the last brush strokes running from top to bottom.

Inside the cabinets spray the corners first and then fill in the center area. Learn how to paint cabinet doors and drawer fronts using the rockler hvlp finishing sprayer. Sand all surfaces with 280 grit paper then vacuum and clean with tack cloth. For the last coat break out a new brush.

Paint any exposed sides of cabinets with a brush. Wash the cabinets next wash the cabinets doors and frames with a mild detergent.