Paint your cabinets Colonial colors to match an old home.
The simple and rustic Colonial decorating period (also called the Early American period) spanned from the 17th to the 19th century. During this time period, people often painted their walls and woodwork in natural, muted colors such as cream, forest green, blue-gray or mustard yellow. If you have a Colonial-style house or plan to redecorate your home to fit the classic style, you can repaint your cabinets in Colonial colors, available at most paint and hardware stores.
Instructions
1. Remove your cabinet doors from the frames. Detach your cabinet handles along with the hinges and set them apart so you don't get paint on them.
2. Cover countertops with newspaper secured with painter's tape. Protect trim and other small areas with painter's tape as well.
3. Thoroughly clean your cabinet doors, frames and anything else you wish to paint with degreaser to remove cooking grease and other dirt. This will help paint last longer and adhere to the surface better.
4. Roughen the surface of your cabinet doors, frames, etc. with 100-grit sandpaper to promote paint adhesion. Sand along the natural wood grain.
5. Screw cup hooks into the edges of your cabinet doors. This way, you can grab the hooks to move your doors without touching the paint.
6. Lay the cabinet doors face down on a flat, level work surface.
7. Apply one coat of primer with a 2½-inch brush. Paint the interior panel first, brushing against the grain, then along with the grain. Next, paint the cabinet rails and stiles with the next method. Let the prime dry completely, then prime the other side of the cabinet and let it dry. Also prime your cabinet frames and any other cabinet components you wish to paint.
8. Hang the cabinet doors up by the cup hooks to allow them to cure for a few hours.
Sand all primed cabinet components with 220-grit sandpaper to smooth marks left by brush strokes and to rough up the surface in preparation for painting.
9. Wipe sanding debris away with a cloth. Look at the primed cabinet to make sure there is no visible grain. If necessary, apply a second coat of primer using the same techniques, and sand again.
10. Thinly paint your cabinet doors, frames, etc., with a chisel-tipped paintbrush. Use the same painting techniques you used when applying the primer. Let the doors dry flat until dry, then hang them up to cure for a few hours.
11. Apply a second coat of paint to your cabinet doors, frames, etc. Let the doors dry flat again, then hang them up to cure. Wait a day or two before reattaching the cabinet doors.
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