Consult your cabinet put on rubber gloves and breathing protection.
Easy way to sand kitchen cabinets.
Brush the stripper on the cabinet face frames and end jambs two at a time.
The kind of doors you have will dictate your hinge choice.
Equipped with 100 grit sandpaper orbital sanders remove.
Liquid sandpaper does the work for you in about 15 minutes.
Dip a paintbrush into an open can of stripper.
Scrape the gelled finish off the.
The key here is to sand some of the existing finish off and roughen up the surface so the primer sticks but you don t need to get the whole finish off unless you re staining your cabinets.
Number or letter each door with the pencil.
You may remember i already wrote a post on the right way to paint your kitchen cabinets otherwise known as the world s longest kitchen cabinet painting tutorial.
Sanding literally takes hours especially if you re preparing an intricately detailed piece of woodwork for paint.
Orbital sanders are best for bulk sanding.
While many claim no sanding is required when using milk paint i used this kind i lightly scuffed up the.
All you have to do is apply it wait 15 minutes and wipe off any residue once it dry.
Apply a 4 inch strip of masking.
If you need to sand the grooves wrap a piece of sandpaper around a paint stirrer stick and run it down the grooves a few times.
The absolute best way to paint kitchen cabinets.
The doors you see here very common on older standard cabinets have a 3 8 in.
This video shows you exactly how i repainted my old varnished oak kitchen cabinets.
How to sand your kitchen cabinets.
Overlay see photo 2.
Since my cabinets have concealed hinges.
Materials step 1.
Rabbeted inset with a 3 8 in.
Gather your supplies before you start to make the sanding process easier.
Use a wood sanding block to prevent rounding over the wood edges.
Unscrew the hinges to remove the doors from the cabinets.
The best tools for sanding kitchen cabinets break it down.
Sanding the kitchen cabinet doors and frames is hard work but pretty straightforward.
How to sand your kitchen cabinets gather supplies and set up work area.
Remove the doors drawers drawer fronts.
Cabinets are best sanded when disassembled as much as possible.
Lightly sand the doors on all sides and faces.
I used my ryobi orbital sander on all the flat surfaces basically anything it could reach and used the sanding blocks for the smaller harder to reach moldings and corners.
Apply painter s tape where needed.
Spread drop cloth around the cabinets.
Liquid sandpaper works faster.