Before Oak Cabinets Painted White

Then brush on the final coat of paint rather than using the roller.

Before oak cabinets painted white.

Originally published on february 16 2014. I gotta say i am loving it. Today i m going to share my updated tutorial for how to paint oak cabinets and hide the grain. A few coats of white paint gives this kitchen a fresh feel.

My farmhouse kitchen update is going well and my newly painted cabinets are finally finished. I emailed the company to complain and told them i would have to seal them all. Love the hits of apple green. To create a contrast with darker flooring paint your cabinets white.

To get a very smooth paint finish on your cabinets sand each flat surface with 320 grit sandpaper before painting your final coat of paint. There was a tiny bit of wood grain that showed through but i didn t mind a bit because it tells you that the cabinets are wood. Sand prime paint it lasted less than 6 months before wear started showing. I painted my oak cabinets about 5 years ago and was told by benjamin moore that i did not.

Isn t it funny how one project snowballs. Kitchen cabinets before and after oak to white thursday august 23 2018. We painted the oak with bm cabinet coat in timid white after about 3 weeks of sanding and ordered new doors as i felt the arch on the old ones even when painted white would still say i m a 1990 s kitchen painted white and that wasn t what i was going for. Here are the cabinets before we painted them.

Painting our kitchen cabinets was time consuming but it was so worth it. You will need at least two coats of paint possibly more if you are painting with pure white paint. Last updated may 14 2020. I absolutely love how light and bright our kitchen is now.

But i have painted my cabinets before we sprayed ours and they looked great. This will add depth to the room and make it more visually appealing. Awesome updated oak cabinets to painted white cabinets. How to paint oak cabinets and hide the grain.

When we decided to upgrade the cabinets with a soffit i quickly realized that the heavy grain of the painted oak would look a lot different than the painted smooth mdf that was used for the. We successfully completed this project and painted our oak cabinets white over five years ago to achieve a smooth finish. Two and a half years ago i painted our oak kitchen cabinets white and it completely transformed our kitchen. From the flooring to the cabinets the original kitchen was overpowered by light wood.

We also went from oak cabinets to white and did it all ourselves.