What Paint For Melamine Kitchen Cupboards

Painting Melamine Kitchen Cabinets

I accept to honestly say, I have never had the guts to recommend that a client pigment thermofoil, laminate, or melamine kitchen cabinets. This type of cabinetry is frequently found in lower-stop kitchens – melamine and thermofoil are similar plastic materials that are practical over particleboard or MDF to inexpensively simulate the look of painted wood. Although I had heard it could exist done with chalk paint, I really didn't know it was possible with latex paint. Allow me reword that: possible, possibly, only advisable? Probably non.

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Allison really wanted to exercise something to update her kitchen, only didn't accept the budget to change the vinyl flooring, the countertops, or the backsplash. And she certainly didn't have the budget to replace the melamine kitchen cabinets! When the painter she was using assured us that he had washed it before and that information technology could be washed successfully, Allison decided to go for it. Here'southward a earlier photo of the kitchen:

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kitchen earlier

You'll notice that the red pigment colour in this space really only acted as an accent colour, since and then much of what y'all see is the white cabinetry and beige backsplash and flooring. I think information technology's better to apply a wall color that fades in and blends well with the adjoining space, which is why we pulled the gray blue from the living room into the kitchen. Nosotros chose a dark grayness colour for the base of operations cabinets. Although the countertop and backsplash are all beige and no grey, the cabinet color we selected picks upwardly the night gray in the vinyl flooring.

painting thermofoil cabinets

kitchen after

The effect of the new color scheme is more than sophisticated and peaceful. Now let'southward talk about to how-tos. You can actually remove the plastic blanket (thermofoil) before painting, and some people recommend doing that before painting. However, our painter told us that he attempted to practise that in his own home, and that it was a disaster! Instead, hither is the procedure he followed:

1) Lightly sand the surface of the cabinets, remove dust with dry cloth

2) Apply XIM Primer Sealer Bonder

3) Paint with Sherwin-Williams All-Surface Enamel Latex paint in a semi-gloss finish, 2-4 coats may be needed if using a night colour

painting thermofoil cabinets

The painters draped Allison'due south dining table with a dropcloth and painted the chiffonier doors with a fine lilliputian roller, using paint cans as pedestals. They didn't paint the backs of the doors in order to save Allison some money – it looks fine since the cabinet door interiors are white like the top cabinets .

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Allison wasn't able to go right back to using those cabinets the day after painting. Latex pigment may exist dry to the touch in a 24-hour interval, but it requires up to 30 days to fully cure, so y'all've got to handle them very carefully for several weeks if you want them to retain the pristine cease over time. The doors stayed off for several days before they were put dorsum on the bases. Allison has an inside dog and two children, and so she kept that plastic on for a full month! She did open up and shut them, just keeping the plastic over them reminded everyone in the family to handle them with care. The result? Four months later and the melamine kitchen cabinets are still perfect.

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painted melamine base of operations cabinets

Melamine kitchen cabinets: however another matter to add to our every-growing list of things you never thought you could (or should) paint! I've got a few more secrets from Allison's kitchen coming upwards later this calendar week. If y'all haven't seen the balance of Allison's home makeover, check out the mail here, here, and hither.

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