Can I Paint Ikea Kitchen Cabinets

Painting ikea sektion kitchen cabinets.

Can i paint ikea kitchen cabinets.

We had always intended to paint the kitchen cabinets to a light greenish blue color sherwin williams sea salt as evidenced in that 2010 blog post. We painted our ikea kitchen cabinets using a very similar process though we sprayed instead of roller d. At ikea they said we probably couldn t paint this style but could probably paint the ramsjo. I found so many recommendations for a shellac based primer that promised to help paint stick to ikea cabinets.

Ikea furniture can be tricky to paint at times especially the laminate coated pieces but when done the right way. But not all ikea furniture is alike and therefore not all requires the same paint treatment. Here s how i did it. Particleboard covered in laminate.

I prepared to paint doors and side panels by first sanding all bodbyn doors slightly to remove the sheen and give some profile for adhesion. When we moved into our house in 2010 we installed an ikea kitchen see post here on the kitchen installation. Not the look that i m going for with my built in desk. I did some research and looked up the best ways to paint ikea cabinets.

Do not sand too much or you will penetrate lacquer coating and expose mdf below. If you tried to just paint the cabinets right out of the box the paint will definitely chip off. I m referring to ikea s popular material of choice.