Methods To Repair Painted Chipped Cabinets
There are a number of ways that are used to protect or repair the chipping from the cabinets, the best of them are mentioned below:
- Cabinet Bumper Pads: The first thing that the user can do to prevent the cabinets from chipping is to buy the cabinet bumper pads for the cabinet doors, then the user needs to attach them at the corners of the cabinet doors as well as to the drawers this will help to prevent the chipping when the doors bump to the frames.
- Sand: The other option is to sand the area where the chipping is done using the 100-grit sandpaper, sand continuously until it becomes smooth after that apply the 2 coats of the primer such as tinted shellac primer, once the primer is dry then touch up with the paint.
- Wide Spread: In case the chipping is spread all over the cabinet then sand the entire area with the 80- and 100-grit sandpaper and little paint will be removed, in order to make the job done faster than use the electric palm sander. Continue the sanding process until the surface is smooth and paint featured out.
- Clean: The next step is to clean the surface with the help of the Deglosser or liquid sander, to remove any kind of the dirt or oil.
- Prime: Now the step is to primer the entire area with the best quality bonding primer like tinted shellac or any oil-based.
- Repaint: The next step is to repaint the area with the 2 coats of best-quality latex or oil-based paint. In order to get the maximum durability apply the high-gloss paint.