How To Strip Kitchen Cabinets Of Paint: Steps To Strip & Refinish Glazed Cabinets



General Overview

The refinishing with the fresh paint coat is a wise idea rather than renovating the entire kitchen. This task requires old paint to be stripped off from the kitchen cabinets following a few simple techniques and tools. The stripping old paint or stain from the kitchen cabinets is important in order to apply new paint well. It must be taken into account that old paint needs to be removed entirely from the cabinet as if the old paint is not removed entirely it will be hard to apply the new paint over the cabinets.

Easy Steps To Strip The Kitchen Cabinet Paint To Refinish

The best steps to refinish the kitchen cabinets are mentioned below:
1.Remove Doors And Hardware: Cabinet parts like doors, drawers, hinges and other hardware items must be removed first.
2.Cover: Cover the kitchen floors before applying the paint stripper. Ensure to keep plastic surfaces and other appliances protected from the striper.
3.Paint Brush: To apply the striper use a normal paintbrush for application.
4.Chemical Striper: Take the container to pour the chemical striper into the same. Ensure to protect yourself by wearing gloves and a mask.
5.Application: Wet the paintbrush into the gel chemical stripper and apply it over the kitchen cabinets in thick coats and let it sit over the cabinets for twenty minutes. The paint will start stripping after twenty minutes.
6.Scrapping: Use a plastic scraper to scrape off the old paint. The scrapping must be done multiple times to make the surface good for refinishing. Using metal scrappers are not recommended.
7.Cabinet Frames: To strip the paint from the cabinet frames repeat the above-mentioned process again.
8.Sanding: Lastly, the cabinets need to be sanded to make the surface even and washed by the dish soap.

Note: It must be noted that oil-based paint takes a little while to strip off from the cabinets as compared to latex paints.

Easy Steps To Paint The Glazed Cabinets

Steps to paint over the glazed kitchen cabinets are mentioned as follows:
1.Hardware: Remove all the hardware from the cabinets first with the help of the screwdriver.
2.Sanding: Proceed with sanding the entire cabinets using sander attached with fine grit sandpaper. Sanding must be done carefully and slightly.
3.Cleaning: Once the sanding is done clean the residue using a damp rag cloth and let the cabinet dry.
4.Primer: Application of the primer is required only if the cabinets are completely dried. The primer must be applied using small roller and corners must be treated with a paintbrush.
5.Paint: The high gloss paint is recommended to be applied on the glazed cabinets using a small roller. Let the first coat dry to apply the second one.
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