DIY Kitchen Cabinet Spraying Tips
If you are spraying cabinets yourself, these are the things that decide the result.
The keys to a good DIY cabinet spray job are total degreasing, hand keying every surface, the right primer for the door material, thin even coats rather than heavy ones, and leaving the coating to harden for two to three weeks before heavy use. Masking and overspray control matter as much as the spraying itself.
Preparation, in order
Do these in sequence. Skipping any one of them shows in the finished door.
- Remove doors, drawers and hardware, and label everything
- Degrease every surface twice, especially above the hob
- Hand key all faces and edges with fine abrasive
- Fill dents and old handle holes, then sand flat
- Vacuum and tack cloth immediately before priming
Masking and overspray
Overspray travels much further than people expect. Mask floors, worktops, appliances, sockets and any doorway into the rest of the house, and set up extraction. Most DIY disasters are not on the doors, they are the fine dust left on everything else in the room.
Coats and curing
Two or three thin coats beat one heavy coat every time: heavy coats run, stay soft and take far longer to harden. Respect the recoat time on the tin, and leave two to three weeks of gentle use before cleaning hard or stacking anything against the doors.
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