Can you paint over bright red, high gloss kitchen cabinetry?

[CLW80]

 Is there any way to paint over high gloss red kitchen cabinets

[EricL]

Hello @CLW80 

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's marvellous to have you join us, and thanks for sharing your question about painting your kitchen doors.

If you have ordinary gloss painted doors the standard rules of painting will apply. Generally speaking, it will need to be sanded down, cleaned up a primer applied and then painted with a topcoat. However, if it is a laminated surface the same procedures will apply but it will need to use a different type of paint. 

The Dulux Renovation Range and the White Knight Renew are specially designed paint to go on laminate surfaces. Your goal is to find out what is on the surface of your door.

A painted door will have a flat surface and edge of the inside of the door will have a very fine finish on its surface. A laminated door will have a visible line on the inside of the door where the laminate has been folded over on the edge. It will also have visible imperfections on its surface.

Here are some amazing painted kitchen projects our Workshop members have shared:

• Budget kitchen refurbishment using paint by @Shirld 
  
  
• Kitchen revamp using paint by @stelz 
  
  
• Kitchen makeover using paint by @raymond265 

Here are some handy step-by-step guides:

• How to paint a door

If you have any other questions we can help with, please let us know.

Eric