Paint kitchen cabinets

[Norma B]

Kitchen cabinets are in pretty good shape and I want to lighten them up. What kind of paint would be best for a job like that? What is the best cleaning product to buy to get the dirt and grease off from the cabinets?
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[Henry in MI]

Hi, Norma. I hope that your cabinets are wood, including the door and drawer fronts. Sometimes these are made of laminate and paint will not stick as well to laminate as it will to wood. The best cleaning product is Tri-Sodium Phosphate, available at home centers and paint stores. Be sure to rinse well before you sand, prime and paint. Be sure to remove the doors, drawers and hardware for the best job.

As far as the best paint, your best source of info on that is your local paint store. A small independent retailer has to be pretty sharp on what his paint will do. Plan to buy the very best paint available and at top dollar. A few bucks saved on a gallon or 2 of paint can come back to haunt you with problems a few years down the road. Is it worth having to repaint several years sooner for the few bucks you save?

Good luck
Henry in MI

[Vicki Perdue]

My huband and I purchased a home last year and we had fantastic cabinets, plain but well built. Our first inclination was to do new cabinets but we went to a local home improvement store, bought
rosettes and roping, spruced them up with new hardware and paint. We used Porter Paint, enamel,
oil based (over Latex) after a good primer by Porter. They look like brand new. Our friends thought we had new cabinets. That was a year ago
and we have no chips, still very white. Great decision.

[Jan in MI]

I want to paint my kitchen cabinets, where do I start

and what is the best product/products to use

[Jay in Long Island]

I want to paint my kitchen cabinets. They have a dark oak laminate finish. What kind of paint should I use that will stick to laminate, cover and lighten it to light oak or a lighter color like white?

[Amy in PA]

i want to redo my kitchen cabinets. i want to paint them , but i was wondering how to give them an old country rustic look????????

[LISA IN BENNINGTON]

what can be done to the surface of the cheapest cabinets… We have a condo with cheap pressed wood with the almond color laminant over it. Is there a paint that can be used to asthetically change the cabinets?

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