Stained Wood Doors On Painted Cabinets

If you don t prop up your cabinets prior to painting you risk missing edges and corners.

Stained wood doors on painted cabinets.

If your repainting project is just a facelift for the cabinets you don t need to sand and paint the inside of the cabinets. My childhood dresser is beautiful but the wood stain looks faded. I bought white hinges for the uppers and oil rubbed bronze hinges for the dark stained lower cabinet doors. It cost about 60 to buy the new ones.

Amerock in my case. Homeowners considering a renovation often wonder if the stained trim they already have in their kitchen will pair well with painted cabinets or if they will need to paint their existing window and door trim to match their white painted kitchen. I d love to update it with fresh paint and new hardware but i ve heard that you can t get good results painting over stain. You don t elevate cabinets before painting.

According to our designers mixing finishes is actually very popular right now. Paint adheres best over a scuffed surface making true wood cabinets a great candidate for painting sand the surface to prep it for paint and the result is a better bond and smoother finish. See more ideas about kitchen remodel kitchen design home kitchens. But updating a kitchen with old cherry wood or knotty pine cabinets doesn t have to be expensive.

The dark hinges on the dark stained wood almost completely. Lightly sand the doors on all sides and faces image 1. Lay doors on painter s pyramids so you can more easily. Mask off the interiors with painters tape for a clean finish and sand only the front surfaces and visible edges of the cabinet face.

Put on a dust mask and sand the cabinet by hand using 100 grit sandpaper and a sanding block to remove any remaining paint. Sand the wood in the direction of the grain. This is a natural characteristic of painted finishes on wood. This is especially important if your wood cabinets are already stained or have a glossy finish you will need to get through this finish layer first either with sandpaper or a liquid.

Should i paint my wood cabinets or leave them stained. Feb 10 2016 explore eagle river cabinets s board stained and painted cabinets together followed by 148 people on pinterest. Use a wood sanding block to prevent rounding over the wood edges image 2. As wood moves microscopically at cabinet door joints this movement will be more apparent with painted finishes than stained finishes and will look like a small fracture or seam at the joint.