Chalk Paint Laminate Kitchen Cupboards

Short of committing to a more costly replacement of outdated kitchen storage repainting laminate cabinets is an affordable way to turn the eyesore.

Chalk paint laminate kitchen cupboards.

This will be very helpful for you. We painted our kitchen cupboards with a grey chalk paint from annie sloan about 4 years ago. Remove any excess with a lint free cloth. I have a post on there about painting laminate.

Cabinets can be prone to oils and greases from the kitchen and it is essential. These ultra matte finishes originally created by british crafter annie sloan offer the flexibility of creating an aged burnished or distressed look easily with minimal preparation. This makes me so happy because regardless of whether you re a pro painter or a total beginner this won t impact the outcome of your project. Chalk paint is a great choice for painting laminate cabinets because it hides brush strokes.

Paint the cupboards in your chosen chalk paint. I would never paint kitchen cabinets with chalk paint. Chalk paint kitchens look fabulous lasts years and can be easily updated. Have you ever used chalk paint on laminate.

If you re using chalk paint for a project you pretty much can t mess it up. They are just cheap white melamine cupboards and my husband added a simple wood trim prefab around all the edges to give them a bit of texture before painting. Painting laminate kitchen cabinets is possible but more tricky than painting wood or mdf cabinets. Laminate is a printed plastic that is adhered on top of a base layer usually a composite material.

The first step is to clean your cabinets. Painting laminate cabinets can be a cinch. Here annie is using old ochre. Annie sloan demonstrates how to paint laminate kitchen cabinets and update the heart of your home for a fraction of the cost of a kitchen refit.

Once dry wax the doors using clear chalk paint wax and a chalk paint wax brush. Let me know if you find my article to be helpful. Leave to dry before painting a second coat of chalk paint. Annie sloan chalk paint.

Click on my board paints and how to. Search for creative interiors by connie. The finish is slick so you ll have to make sure you put in the prep work for a quality finish. Even waxed it doesn t react well to moisture.

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