Hello to this wonderful community. This is my first post.
We are planning to facelift kitchen cabinets by painting the cabinet doors. We are going to remove existing lamination from MDF cabinets (lamination is chipped at several edges and cannot be repaired). After watching several youtube videos, I am bit confused as to what is needed i.e.
- Do we need a sealant first to seal the MDF before using Primer (I have heard of issues of swollen MDF with water based primer)?
- What Primer to use (Stain blocking or something else? Oil based, Water based or Shellac based)
- Which paint to use and do we need a final coat of enamel?
- Which type of Paint brush/roller and sandpaper would be needed?
We are interested in white gloss finish or bone white finish.
I was wondering if I can have list of products required to do the flawless job.
Evening @Imran24
I d like to offer a warm Welcome to the community
I think you will be able to find a bunch of ways to get the doors you want.
First step tho would be if you could post some photos of your existing cabinets, with some shots of where they are chipped. It will help us give some ideas on ways forward. It will also show us what the doors are coated with at the moment.
An overall shot,
Chips shot,
Lamination shot (I am a little confused by what you mean "remove the laminations")
Dave
Hello @Imran24
Allow me to welcome you as well to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us, and thanks for sharing your question about painting your kitchen doors.
It would definitely help us give you a more comprehensive recommendation if we could see the state of your kitchen doors. Has there been water damage or large chunks of it that has been accidentally removed? Are the hinge holes and hinges still in good working order?
These are just some of the things we'll be looking for when you post your photo. We'll also be looking at the overall state of alignment of the doors.
If you need a hand posting the photos, please let me know.
Eric
Thanks Dave & Eric. Here are a few photos available at this stage. We are going to move in last week of Jun. so we are trying to plan before the move day.
overall condition of hinges, hinge holes looks good. The damage to lamination is probably because of aging. As can be seen, lamination is damged at about 4-5 locations.
hope this clarifies my question a bit.
Evening @Imran24
Ahhh Now I get you.
Thanks for the pics.
The lamination of the cabinets cant be removed without destroying the cabinet doors to a point of a huge task to repair. Thats the bad part..
Good Part!
I have used laminate paint on some grey laminated bookshelves I reconditioned and they came up beautifuly. I followed the directions On the paintcan to the letter. Bookcase retrofit to create a garage library is the project where I reconditioned the laminated bookshelves.
With the edges of the doors that have been chipped I would see how attached the lamination is to the timber still. Then would use something along the lines of a buiders bog Selleys 550g Tradie's Bog - 550g to fill the missing sections before sanding back. I would also investigate what type of hardware you want for the handles, the existing screw holes probarly wont matchg up with the holes you have. You can fill these in with teh same builders bog.
When thinking of the type of handles consider the type of paint for the doors. I will let someone else offer what types of paint as I wouldnt class my knowledge high in that area ![]()
Dave
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