Spray Finish For Kitchen Cabinets

Wearing dust mask and using paint sprayer and quart of tinted primer or can of spray primer and spray can handle add an even coat of primer to the cabinet and door fronts.

Spray finish for kitchen cabinets.

Sharrard painting fine finishing specializes in providing kitchen cabinet spray painting kitchen cabinet painting and furniture refinishing services in toronto and the surrounding areas we provide both on site and off site fine finish spray painting services using airless and hvlp sprayers. Ideally you would use a paint sprayer to paint everything. Pro tip using tinted primers when working with bold colors ensures a better finish and also cuts down on the number of coats needed. You ll get to see the entire process i used to paint my old oak cabi.

Using lacquer to finish kitchen cabinets. Repeat at least one more time leaving 4 hours or more between coats. Lacquer has various options in finishes such as matte to high gloss. And kitchen cabinets also must survive grease and moisture in the air frequent skin contact around the knobs and pulls and occasional heat.

The finish won t be as smooth as it would if you used a sprayer but it will be much better than just using a paintbrush. Be patient and go lightly. Rushing spray paint leads to drips and splatter. This is best applied with a sprayer to ensure coverage of the entire cabinet.

But when you are living in the house or your customer is living in the house you might consider using a roller brush on the cabinet boxes and using a paint. The most durable finishes such as polyurethane and catalyzed lacquer should be applied with a traditional air spray gun and a compressor but if you re applying cabinet enamel you can use less expensive equipment. Estimate about 60 minutes to spray down cabinet doors and drawer fronts for a medium sized kitchen. If you have spray equipment use a two part polyurethane a pre catalyzed lacquer or post catalyzed lacquer.

If you re worried about the. Few finishes survive frequent contact with water dave. After the prime coat has solidly dried spray down with your first color coating. Latex based cabinet finishes are readily available and they are as easy to spray as they are to brush.

Lacquer isn t as durable as polyurethane but makes up for its lack of sheer impact resistance on kitchen cabinets with its more subtle sheen and its. You could also spray the paint cabinet frames sides and trim but masking off the cabinet openings and the rest of the kitchen takes a lot of time so just use a brush for those areas. As a cheap and quick way to update kitchen cabinets polyester and lacquer finishes are a great choice.