7 Tips For Painting Your Kitchen Cabinets in Palos Verdes Estates, CA

Your kitchen cabinets see some of the most useful in your whole kitchen — they store food and utensils and other kitchen needs — and occasionally they need to be either updated or replaced entirely, depending on their age.

When you are working on possibly painting your kitchen cabinets, there are a certain number of things you should bear in mind in order to properly get the painting work done correctly.

This is not to say you have to follow all of these tips — but they certainly will help you do the work better.

With this in mind, let’s look at seven tips for painting your kitchen cabinets in Palos Verdes Estates, CA

1. Choose Your Color Wisely

Though of course, you can go on to change the color of your kitchen cabinets later down the line, it helps if you have the right color that you are going to like from go.

One way that you can ensure that you’re going to like the kitchen cabinet color you have chosen is to get a small sample from the paint store and then use that to paint a small bit that is inconspicuous — and see how that painted area looks in the various lighting conditions you have in your kitchen.

2. Sand Before Painting

When it comes to preparing for your painting, you are nearly always going to want to aim for the things that give you a smooth surface upon which you can paint.

There are quite a few tactics that painters use to get a smooth surface, one being sanding before painting.

You can then go on to sand in between coats and even after you have applied a coat of primer — just make sure that you clean up the sanding dust after you have finished.

3. Use The Right Paint

Just like any other paint job, it’s important that you pick the paint that is right for painting your kitchen cabinets.

Since it’s going to be in your kitchen, you’re going to want to get a paint that is going to be durable and stand up to the various trials that a cabinet can undergo, such as being touched by possibly dirty hands — and a glossier paint is going to be a lot easier to clean than a flatter paint.

You might even consider choosing a paint that is mildew resistant in order to help you avoiding mildew on your kitchen cabinets.

4. Remove The Doors First

If you’re looking to properly paint your kitchen cabinets, you’re going to need to remove the doors first.

The reason that this is a good idea might not be so obvious, but it is nevertheless important as the doors get in the way and are harder to paint when they are hanging up.

5. Label The Doors After Removing

When you have removed the doors from your kitchen cabinets, it’s important that you don’t mix the doors up and hang them up in the wrong place.

If you meaningfully label the doors after they are removed (in such a way that you can still paint them) you will avoid this problem.

6. Take Measurements Beforehand

It’s a good idea to take measurements of your kitchen cabinets before you paint — you’re going to appreciate this for at least one reason.

Specifically, you’re going to be able to figure out how much paint you will need to paint the cabinets.

7. Don’t Rush The Process!

Lastly, you should remember that when you are painting your kitchen cabinets you have to take your time and not try to rush the process.

Doing this will almost always result in your making painting mistakes.

Cooley Brothers Painting is a locally owned, owner-operated, family business in Torrance, California. Call the office at 310-378-4575 or email us: info@cooleybrothers.com. You can also use our contact page to reach us.

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