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Kitchen Cabinets:Painting Kitchen Cabinets hardware?
I have 30 year old kitchen cabinets in very good condition that I plan on painting. I would like to reuse the hardware and I thought about painting them rather than replacing them. How can I prepare the hardware for spray painting. My thoughts on this would be to spray with a high gloss enamel or flat enamel followed by clear coat. Do you know if painting hinges/pulls holds up well with use?
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- Hi!.an enamel and a clear coat is the way to go...you just need to clean the hardware, and a scrub with mineral spirits and 0000 steel wool, and a careful drying with a clean rag,should do it. As far as durability, it won't match the durability of plating or a baked on enamel, but it should give you a few years of good use..if the original finish is a plating, you might want to scuff sand the metal for increased grip of the enamel.It's important to use thin coats and paint carefully, you don't want to gum up the hinge mechanisms... Maybe if you want more information,You can refer to this website which show you an article and videos abaout Kitchen cabinets and Kitchen Backspalsh Ideas How to Paint Kitchen Cabinets http://home-cabinetsideas.blogspot.com/2009/05/kitchen-cabiners-ideashow-to-paint.html Kitchen cabinets refacing VIDEOS http://home-cabinetsideas.blogspot.com/2009/05/try.html How to Replace Kitchen Cabinets http://home-cabinetsideas.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-kitchen-cabinets-ideashow-to-replace.html How to Select and Install Kitchen Cabinets http://home-cabinetsideas.blogspot.com/2009/05/installing-kitchen-cabinets.html Kitchen Cabinets BLOG: http://kitchen-cabinets-ideas.blogspot.com How to get Kitchen Backsplash Ideas for your Kitchen Article: http://kitchen-backsplash-ideas2.blogspot.com/ Great Kitchen Question and Answer Blog: http://kitchen-question-answer.blogspot.com Source(S) Painting Kitchen Cabinets BLOG http://home-cabinetsideas.blogspot.com/2009/05/kitchen-cabiners-ideashow-to-paint.html Hope that helps, post back if need be- regards- Richard Man U best of luck
- If the cabinets are solid wood strip them and put a clear coat polyurethane on them. Polish or replace the hardware. 30 year old cabinets are old cabinets. I'd seriously consider replacing, or refacing them. Homeowner type paint jobs on cabinets don't stand up very long. You usually only paint cabinets when your looking to sell the house.
