With an inexpensive paint sprayer and a few gallons of paint you can transform your kitchen in a weekend.
Can you paint your old kitchen cabinets.
You re finally ready to paint.
If your hardware simply needs cleaning see refinishing and cleaning kitchen cabinets for instructions.
Clean the old paint cabinets thoroughly prime with a stain blocking primer and then paint with a high quality.
Instead of replacing your old kitchen cabinets make them new by repainting them.
Then fill holes with the wood filler.
If you re using roughly the same shade as the existing color two coats ought to do the job.
Apply tape to the back surface of the cabinet doors underneath those holes.
If your cabinets have any holes or gouges you will need to fill them.
If you want to replace your hardware instead see our cabinet hardware buying guide for options.
Painting over a dark finish with a light color is tougher and could require three coats.
And if you do it yourself it can also be one of the least expensive ways to overhaul the space just the cost of materials and of course your time.
Paint the cabinet boxes.
Painting your kitchen cabinets is the single most transformative thing you can do to your kitchen without a gut renovation.
If these are the issues you re dealing with you d actually be better off replacing your kitchen cabinets.
You might even get away with one.
If you plan on using new hardware that is a different size than the original you will have to fill the old hardware holes before painting.
Break out a new brush for each coat.