Update Laminate Cabinets And Drawers And Counter Countertops

What i m looking to do is tear down the wallpaper in the kitchen and paint my walls.

Update laminate cabinets and drawers and counter countertops.

More ideas for kitchen countertops. To avoid brush marks in your surface use spray paint and sealer remove countertops first or thoroughly protect non sprayed surfaces with plastic and painter s tape or a dense sponge roller to apply primer and paint. But it doesn t have to be that way. Afterward be sure to seal your paint with three to four coats of polyurethane to protect the finish.

I have a bluish grayish blocked laminate floor thus i painted the door to the deck blue. Several products allow you to paint laminate countertops. Hgtv star chip wade showed us such an easy way to update them in a snap. For more follow the hashtag rachaelrayshow.

Hgtv star chip wade has the perfect solution for your 80s 90s kitchen. There s only one way to describe those laminate countertops nearly everyone in the 80s and 90s rocked. Many of them had marble on the counter and backsplash. But you can also paint them with high quality enamel paint.

However because the surface is slick you can t just paint them the way that you would wood cabinets. I too have the almond laminate cabinets from the 80 s with the wood trim. I used laminate on my new countertop and ran the laminate all the way to the cupboards which created a backsplash. As a teenager i cleaned houses for wealthy people in their old victorian mansions.

The high end look of granite is mimicked on these dated laminate countertops with a fairly straightforward painting method. The cabinet should be made of medium density fiberboard mdf not particleboard. There s where my problem lies. Using acrylic paints a faux painting sponge technique and a finishing product called envirotex lite boring cream countertops were transformed into this textural more durable facade.

What color to paint. For a cost effective makeover of tired laminate countertops consider covering up the existing material with a tiled surface or transforming it to like new with paint or a layer of rust oleum countertop coating. I copied that but of course mine is not the real thing. Mdf forms a solid core underneath the laminate and it s a better substrate for painting than particleboard which is a loose conglomeration of wood chips that are likely to separate and crumble when you pull off the laminate.

To help the paint adhere. After roughing up the counter with a power sander to provide a suitable surface. Painting is the easiest way to change the look of laminate cabinets.