Spray Finish For Kitchen Cabinets

After the prime coat has solidly dried spray down with your first color coating.

Spray finish for kitchen cabinets.

However it takes more maintenance than other cabinet finishes. 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. And kitchen cabinets also must survive grease and moisture in the air frequent skin contact around the knobs and pulls and occasional heat. Using lacquer to finish kitchen cabinets.

In this video i walk you through the process of painting kitchen cabinets step by step. Ideally you would use a paint sprayer to paint everything. Lacquer has various options in finishes such as matte to high gloss. Despite our enthusiasm there are downsides to a painted finish.

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. 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. Latex based cabinet finishes are readily available and they are as easy to spray as they are to brush. Rushing spray paint leads to drips and splatter.

You ll get to see the entire process i used to paint my old oak cabi. If you re worried about the. Estimate about 60 minutes to spray down cabinet doors and drawer fronts for a medium sized kitchen. Repeat at least one more time leaving 4 hours or more between coats.

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. 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. 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. Few finishes survive frequent contact with water dave.

As a cheap and quick way to update kitchen cabinets polyester and lacquer finishes are a great choice. 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. If you have spray equipment use a two part polyurethane a pre catalyzed lacquer or post catalyzed lacquer.