How to paint your kitchen cabinets

Give your kitchen a new lease of life by up styling your cabinets

1. Remove all knobs and handles if possible before beginning, if they cannot be removed be sure to cover them in masking tape beforehand. Also tape up and protect hinges, and glass panels, and protect your floor by placing down dust sheets.
2. Clean down all surfaces with sugar soap, grease and grime can build up overtime in kitchens due to cooking, sugar soap safely removes this residue, giving you a perfectly clean surface for painting.
3. This prep helps you to enjoy a easier time, when finishing up, as you’ll not need to spend hours cleaning & scrubbing paint splashes.
4. When the cabinets are dry from washing down, use a very fine sanding pad to slightly sand the surface before painting, be sure to wipe down all excess dust on the cabinets after sanding. No need to sand if your cabinates are high gloss or melamine.
5. Use a high quality fillers to make good all dents, when dry  sand smooth.
6. From a painting point of view it is always easier if you can take the doors off before painting starts, as this will allow you to get all edges easily, and stop paint sticking, when doors close, because the paint can still tacky after a few hours.
7. Apply 1 coat Proud Paints Multi-Surface Primer in thin coats as this helps with paint application and ensures a long-lasting result.
8. Tip: Using a 5mm low pile rad-roller sleeve and brush is best to apply, as it will leave a smooth spray like finish.
9. To finish – Apply two thin coats of your chosen finish paint, in satin, eggshell or gloss.
10. Depending on the sheen choose either, Proud Paints Eggshell Interior – 10% Sheen (very soft sheen), Satin Finish with a 25% Sheen (mid sheen), or a high sheen in Gloss Finish – 70% Sheen.
11. Allow sufficient drying time in-between coats. Applying thin coats allows adequate drying time between coats.
12. Tip: After the first coat of finish paint, allow to completely dry 4approx hrs and give the presses a very light fine sanding, for an extra smooth finish, remember wipe down  any dust with a damp cloth.
13. When the second coat is completely dry again approx. 4hrs, carefully remove the masking tape, put the knobs and handles back on, and admire your beautiful new kitchen, in a proud durable lasting paint finish.