How Do You Paint Unfinished Kitchen Cabinets?
Kitchen remodeling can cost in tens of thousands. If you paint them yourself, installing unfinished kitchen cabinets takes a bit of sting out of the final bill, but don’t just start slapping on the paint. Follow the proper procedure for a quality job that looks like you hired a pro. Remove drawers and cabinet doors and all hardware including pulls, handles and hinges. Use a screwdriver, or a drill with screwdriver bits. Keep doors and drawers in order to make reinstalling easier. Locate the rough spots on your cabinetry. Wear a pair of cheap, cotton gardening gloves and run your hands over all the unfinished wood surfaces. The gloves will catch or drag on the rough spots. Mark those spots with a pencil. Sand the pencil-marked rough spots with coarse or medium-grit sandpaper, depending on how much sanding each spot needs. Use coarse grit-paper on extremely rough spots and medium-grit on the rest. Sand along the grain of the wood, not against it. Sand the entire unfinished wood surface w
