Painting Wood Kitchen Cabinets

Which would be better choice for painting wood kitchen cabinets?  You think you have been asked by your family to make one of the two choices namely the faux painting for kitchen cabinets or going green. The former would enable you to create an enchanting effect with its rarity of design and the latter can give you a social status in your green club of which you and your family belong.

The choice is yours, but you want to know more about it? Well then read on as this article might give you some of the best suggestions that could finally make up your mind.

Painting wood kitchen cabinets with zeal and enthusiasm!

The wood cabinet at home can be transformed into an art if you have the time, the means and some hard work. What type of art do you mean? The faux variety of painting that is expensive and also more visually stunning than other types of painting wood kitchen cabinets.

Can one person do it alone? Our website would like to point out the truth that unless you are a professional painter then please doesn’t attempt this type of work alone. The best option for you is to hire a professional artist who can do the job with finish. The idea is to replicate the works of art, mural, decoration or make it look like marble or wood on the cabinet such that an onlooker would never be able to tell the difference.

This therefore is really an art that looks like decent deception. If you know well about such art work you may do so otherwise entrust it with a professional who can paint kitchen cabinets remarkably well.

Some of the types like glaze work uses a transparent mixture of paint and glaze while plaster work that uses painted plasters. The latter gives the cabinet a textured finish. There are also unlimited options for using the types of combinations for giving light and darker shades in this type of painting.

Greener ways of painting wood kitchen cabinets

You want to know how to make your cabinet eco-friendly? Well, this is a good option for those who have social responsibilities and social objectives to make their existence meaningful. For such people the best way is to make their kitchen environmental friendly. Is just applying a coat of green color or something else? Just by applying green color to your cabinet wouldn’t mean anything. The word ‘green’ means eco-friendliness. Therefore, you must have the required ways to meet these objectives.

How to take the first step in this regard? The first step in painting wood kitchen cabinets in the green ways would mean that the wood that you procure for re-modeling and refurbishing kitchen cabinets ought to be reclaimed woods from your old cabinets or from that bought from the salvage stores. These woods in most parts would be free from the deadly chemical and cancer causing element called formaldehyde.

So you are confused as to what is your contribution in this type of wood procurement? Well, the fact is that you have through your little ways stopped the felling of fresh trees for building and painting kitchen cabinets. While painting what precautions should be taken?

The painting should be undertaken in such a way that you don’t mix any chemicals, use only naturally made paints and avoid using abrasives. On the other hand if you can’t avoid their usage fully then try to limit the same so that your cabinet is as eco-friendly as possible. In fact, you should consider the use of substitutes wherever possible.

Is there need for cleaning the cabinet?

You are thinking that now you can straight away start to paint? No, this is not the right way for your cabinet would have to be cleaned and made dry before the actual painting starts. How should the cleaning process start? First of all see to it that your cabinet’s cracks, scratches or dents are well hidden by applying putty.

Make use of good sand paper and gently rub them on these areas as well for thorough cleaning of the entire cabinets. Meanwhile the cabinets must have been carefully dismantled so as to make it easier for the cleaning and painting.

Next, use soap and water to clean it and then allow it to dry. You may later opt for the actual painting or staining kitchen cabinets whichever is to your convenience. The staining process can be done by applying the stain on a rag tied to a stick and then applying it over the cabinet. This could be done straightaway unlike the actual painting which is even more durable.

Before applying the paint the cabinet must be done with primer twice and then allowed to dry. After that apply the selected color once and then allow it to dry and then apply it again. This would make the painting wood kitchen cabinets a wonderful job.