Repainting kitchen cabinets

[MrChips]

gizlaroc said:

I did mine a couple of years back.

I didn't want to do ANY prep work, so used Zinsser B.I.N, tinted the same colour as the Little Greene intelligent eggshell we chose.

Was really easy and done in a day.

Before...


After...





£150 all in and a days painting. The quote I had for doing it was £3500.

Looks great! So much so I'm sending the pics to my mrs as she's been unsure about painting our cabinets. Did you use a roller?

I'm happy to take doors off etc and have a Wagner sprayer so may give that a go.

[dmsims]

gizlaroc

nice job - completely transformed the room!

[anonymous-user]

gizlaroc said:

I did mine a couple of years back.

I didn't want to do ANY prep work, so used Zinsser B.I.N, tinted the same colour as the Little Greene intelligent eggshell we chose.

Was really easy and done in a day.

Before...


After...





£150 all in and a days painting. The quote I had for doing it was £3500.

Looks great. I need this sort of inspiration to get me started!

[RC1807]

jke11y said:

I've got all the boards of the various finishes in the shop; if anyone needs a hand with LG options fire me a pm.

Regarding the no returns,we sold over £20k of paint last year and one person asked about returns, so it can't be that big a problem.

You're smaller than I thought....

[WinstonWolf]

Can you get paint to adhere reliably to smooth Formica type doors and panels?

[singlecoil]

WinstonWolf said:

Can you get paint to adhere reliably to smooth Formica type doors and panels?

Probably. You would need to open the surface, rough Scotchbrite on a random orbit sander would be a good way of doing that, hand-held Scotchbrite on the edges. You would need to spray the finish if you wanted a decent result. Brush paining on to wood works ok if you follow the grain, but on a dead smooth surface would look cheap and amateurish.

It might well be cheaper if you value your time to simply replace the doors.

[WinstonWolf]

I'm time rich, I'd replace the lot but for the price of some paint and a bit of time I reckon I can improve my current units considerably.

I'm thinking of eggshell rollered over a suitable primer.

[PositronicRay]

WinstonWolf said:

I'm time rich, I'd replace the lot but for the price of some paint and a bit of time I reckon I can improve my current units considerably.

I'm thinking of eggshell rollered over a suitable primer.

Use B.I.N

I've painted white "furniture board" type stuff, just using an MDF primer, it came up okay.

[WinstonWolf]

PositronicRay said:

WinstonWolf said:

I'm time rich, I'd replace the lot but for the price of some paint and a bit of time I reckon I can improve my current units considerably.

I'm thinking of eggshell rollered over a suitable primer.

Use B.I.N

I've painted white "furniture board" type stuff, just using an MDF primer, it came up okay.

I've got some of that. It's not the painting it's the adhesion. Think I'll test the inside of a barely used cupboard and see how I get on.

[gizlaroc]

WinstonWolf said:

I've got some of that. It's not the painting it's the adhesion. Think I'll test the inside of a barely used cupboard and see how I get on.

You can paint on glass with Zinsser BIN, plus it is tintable so it can be your perfect base coat.

[gizlaroc]

MrChips said:

Looks great! So much so I'm sending the pics to my mrs as she's been unsure about painting our cabinets. Did you use a roller?

I'm happy to take doors off etc and have a Wagner sprayer so may give that a go.

Cheers.

No, used a brush.

With the doors left on it is so easy, the perfect holder.

The Little Green Intelligent Oil Eggshell went on really easily, no real brush marks or anything, spread together really nicely.

[AliceBull]

Our kitchen cabinets were old and outdated, but we are unable to replace them yet, so we had also painted the kitchen cabinets to update them.

[Harry Flashman]

gizlaroc said:

WinstonWolf said:

I've got some of that. It's not the painting it's the adhesion. Think I'll test the inside of a barely used cupboard and see how I get on.

You can paint on glass with Zinsser BIN, plus it is tintable so it can be your perfect base coat.

Do you know what, you have me thinking. We specced some tiles that I really do not like. It may well be easier to rip the grout out, repaint them with this stuff in a nice dove grey, and then re-grout.

This might be a terrible idea (re-grouting may be a struggle, for example). Or is it...? The tiles are bathroom flat metro jobs (in a bad colour), so the finish may look fine...

I was just going to take all the tiles out and replace, at a fairly significant cost. Could thus work?

http://www.zinsseruk.com/how-to-guide/how-to-paint...

[WinstonWolf]

Harry Flashman said:

gizlaroc said:

WinstonWolf said:

I've got some of that. It's not the painting it's the adhesion. Think I'll test the inside of a barely used cupboard and see how I get on.

You can paint on glass with Zinsser BIN, plus it is tintable so it can be your perfect base coat.

Do you know what, you have me thinking. We specced some tiles that I really do not like. It may well be easier to rip the grout out, repaint them with this stuff in a nice dove grey, and then re-grout.

This might be a terrible idea (re-grouting may be a struggle, for example). Or is it...? The tiles are bathroom flat metro jobs (in a bad colour), so the finish may look fine...

I was just going to take all the tiles out and replace, at a fairly significant cost. Could thus work?

I'd leave the grout alone, one of the budget hotel chain bathrooms are 'tiled' in something without grout. You could overpaint then paint grout lines on afterwards if you want them.

[Harry Flashman]

WinstonWolf said:

Harry Flashman said:

gizlaroc said:

WinstonWolf said:

I've got some of that. It's not the painting it's the adhesion. Think I'll test the inside of a barely used cupboard and see how I get on.

You can paint on glass with Zinsser BIN, plus it is tintable so it can be your perfect base coat.

Do you know what, you have me thinking. We specced some tiles that I really do not like. It may well be easier to rip the grout out, repaint them with this stuff in a nice dove grey, and then re-grout.

This might be a terrible idea (re-grouting may be a struggle, for example). Or is it...? The tiles are bathroom flat metro jobs (in a bad colour), so the finish may look fine...

I was just going to take all the tiles out and replace, at a fairly significant cost. Could thus work?

I'd leave the grout alone, one of the budget hotel chain bathrooms are 'tiled' in something without grout. You could overpaint then paint grout lines on afterwards if you want them.

I thought that, but I think it will make the tiles look obviously painted. Removing the grout (even though it is a pain), painting, then re-grouting will probably look more authentic than painted grout lines?

Sort of a half way house between replacing all the tiles, and just painting them.

[WinstonWolf]

Harry Flashman said:

WinstonWolf said:

Harry Flashman said:

gizlaroc said:

WinstonWolf said:

I've got some of that. It's not the painting it's the adhesion. Think I'll test the inside of a barely used cupboard and see how I get on.

You can paint on glass with Zinsser BIN, plus it is tintable so it can be your perfect base coat.

Do you know what, you have me thinking. We specced some tiles that I really do not like. It may well be easier to rip the grout out, repaint them with this stuff in a nice dove grey, and then re-grout.

This might be a terrible idea (re-grouting may be a struggle, for example). Or is it...? The tiles are bathroom flat metro jobs (in a bad colour), so the finish may look fine...

I was just going to take all the tiles out and replace, at a fairly significant cost. Could thus work?

I'd leave the grout alone, one of the budget hotel chain bathrooms are 'tiled' in something without grout. You could overpaint then paint grout lines on afterwards if you want them.

I thought that, but I think it will make the tiles look obviously painted. Removing the grout (even though it is a pain), painting, then re-grouting will probably look more authentic than painted grout lines?

Sort of a half way house between replacing all the tiles, and just painting them.

I'd overpaint the lot and see if you like it, I've seen it done in a Travellodge.

[The Ferret]

Harry Flashman said:

Do you know what, you have me thinking. We specced some tiles that I really do not like. It may well be easier to rip the grout out, repaint them with this stuff in a nice dove grey, and then re-grout.

This might be a terrible idea (re-grouting may be a struggle, for example). Or is it...? The tiles are bathroom flat metro jobs (in a bad colour), so the finish may look fine...

I was just going to take all the tiles out and replace, at a fairly significant cost. Could thus work?

http://www.zinsseruk.com/how-to-guide/how-to-paint...

Depending on the size of the area, I'd be inclined to buy a grout remover and get rid of the old grout, then do as you suggest. I did this on my old en-suite bathroom floor, took about 2 hours to remove the grout with a little electric remover tool.

I can also thoroughly recommend the Zinseer, its the absolute nuts. I've finished renovating our house last year which had brown/black woodwork when we moved in. Everything wood was given a quick sand then primed with it. In total I did 20 internal doors (they were almost laquer coated, not bare wood) and door frames, staircase, skirtings in every room, front door etc. It sticks like sh!t to a blanket to everything I've tried it on. My Dad swears by the shellac based stuff in the red can. I used the water based stuff in the blue can for all my interior work, followed by a couple of gloss topcoats, and a year later even with kids knocking into stuff none of it has chipped or peeled. One word of warning though, it dries quickly and I mean really quickly. This was great from my perspective as I had so much to paint, but if using it in hot weather it will literally be touch dry in a few minutes.

Edited by The Ferret on Thursday 2nd March 15:51