Repainting cabinets?

Question

my cabinets are in need of repainting they were stained oak and before we moved in someone had painted them white any suggestions

Answer 1

sand them first get all the paint off and restain or repaint use a good primer first like killz

Answer 2

Depends on what look you want....

You will have to lightly sand them. If you are looking for a smooth finish, then prime with a good primer like Killz. If you are looking for a country, distressed finish - do you want the white to show through a little? Paint the color of your choice over the white with a glaze, then lightly sand the stress points to let the undercoat through ( corners, edges, etc.) When you get the look you want, finish with a clear top coat. You can even distress the cabinets more by lightly gouging them, even hitting with a chain. I know this sounds weird, but it does work well.

Answer 3

Use a product called wil-bond and wipe your cabinet door, if your old paint feels like its dragging on the rag it's water-based paint and you can keep using the water-based paint to re-coat, use a 100% acrylic and wipe every service just before painting with wil-bond. If it doesn't get tacky feeling when the wil-bond is applied its oil based paint and should be scuffed up with 150 gritt sand paper. Please remember you can put water-based paint on oil BUT NOT oil on water-based without using a primer in which case I'd recommend a Zinseer product called 123, it's a water-based primer sealer which can be top coated with oil or water-based. Anyone can paint but just read the label, all products aren't created equal. Good Luck.

Answer 4

clean them with TSP to get all of the kitchen grease off of them so the new paint will bond well. use a scotch brite pad, and sponge. when done with a section, rinse well with hot water. change the rinse water often so you don't just spread the tsp around. and wear rubber gloves since tsp is a very harsh cleaner and will wreak your hands. good luck, hope this helps

Answer 5

We recently painted ours. Its a 35 year old Quaker maid kitchen with a baked lacquer finish. We cleaned them completely, sanded them, coated them with BIN primer sealer (ammonia based). We then painted them with a premium semi gloss oil based paint.

Answer 6

Either call FaceLifters and replace them with new doors or pull them off and strip them with paint remover.