Stripping Paint From Kitchen Cabinets
Camila Farah
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Clean the cabinets with dish soap water and a sponge. Step 2 remove any plastic cabinet hardware. Today s life lesson from the kitchen chronicles never judge a cabinet by its cover you can always change it. Dip your brush into the stripper gel and apply a thick layer over the painted cabinet doors.
Allow at least 15 minutes for the stripper to gel the finish. Then rinse with clear water and let the surfaces dry. Other things can cause this problem putting paint on too thickly not waiting for it to dry long enough the wrong paint for the object being painted or poor quality paint. Finish repainting your kitchen cabinets by applying a coat of protective polyurethane to all surfaces and let it dry for 12 hours or so before completing the finishing touching reattaching hinges doors and drawers.
Mix 1 2 cup of trisodium phosphate in a gallon of warm water and wash the areas you plan to paint thoroughly. Strip existing paint varnish with citristrip and a scraper this post sand cabinets with an electric hand sander next post prime cabinets with a primer. I have the same 50 s cabinets in my kitchen and the previous owner painted them. For kitchen cabinets mundwiller recommends using a paint that has a sheen to it and will dry to a hard smooth finish that can withstand everyday use such as benjamin moore advance.
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I wonder what inspired the previous owners to paint it green. Hopefully the paint you used will hold up to scrubbing. The whole cabinet painting process is going to go like this. Fill nicks and gouges with epoxy wood filler and sand the filler flat with 120 grit sandpaper.
Preparing kitchen cabinets for painting is a project in and of itself. Dip a paintbrush into an open can of stripper. If the cabinets are coated in dirt or oily residue the paint stripper won t penetrate the latex paint as effectively. Paint stripper gel contains wax to help slow down the evaporation process.
That said i agree with jean. Brush the stripper on the cabinet face frames and end jambs two at a time.
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