Can you DRY BRUSH or GLAZE ONLY or on laminate cabinets?
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J Brown
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I have seen LOTS of posting on painting laminate cabinets. I am hoping to discover if it is possible to use a glaze only without having to primer, then paint, and finally glazing them. My cabinets have subtle wood grain details and are still in excellent condition after 18 years. I'm hoping to knock off the starkness and give them a blush of color not sure what yet. The priming, painting, glazing and sealing is a lot of work for some subtle highlighting.
I'm on the lookout for some curbside doors to do some practice run's.
Glazing is done on painted wood cabinets and furniture, so you should be able to. Here are some steps https://www.hgtv.com/design/rooms/kitchens/distressed-and-antiqued-kitchen-cabinets
Just a thought: Are you certain that's laminate? Have you ever checked? It looks like oak that's been painted white.
We painted a laminate entertainment center. As far as I know anything laminate has to be primed with a good primer first or any paint or glaze will not stick to the surface. Good luck!
I would sand them lightly, then prime. The glaze needs something to adhere to.
UGH, it's NOT sounding good for my NO prime, NO paint dream. There are a LOT of cabinets.
Not giving up yet..........
I had some similar cabinets a couple of houses back in my personal history. They looked like wood but were molded plastic of some kind. Mine were second hand and pretty worn on some of the edges, plus I was replacing handles and had to fill the holes from the previous hardware. I did not prime or repaint the whole shebang, although I may have wiped them down with TSP. Instead, I filled holes then touched up the cabinets with acrylic artist paints. I was able to get a pretty good color match to cover the filler on the holes and I just glazed my chosen areas with a second color and when I wiped the glaze, I feathered it to nothing at the edges of my work areas. The cabinets came out fine.
I think that you might want to experiment on one piece of your cabinets, maybe a bottom drawer front. If the paint won't stick, you will probably be able to wipe most of it away with something like TSP. Worst case, you will have to repaint that one drawer front to get something close to matching the rest. Good luck!
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I once used these stamp pads to change my white laminate Ikea cd racks to green. The inks are not opaque, so they actually worked like a glaze. They come in lots of colors. I just applied the pad right to the racks and slid it it around. It held up for years without dealing it. You can get the pads at craft stores.
Hello! For laminate cabinets we highly recommend cleaning thoroughly with Dixie Belle White Lightning Cleaner first. Then try the glaze in an inconspicuous area to test it, letting it dry completely (longer than recommended time due to surface texture). It should stick after that. Hope this helps!
I have also redone a laminate type cabinet, I lightly sanded just to rough up the area, wiped them down with tsp then did my dry brushing which is what I used at the time, they came out great and were still in good shape when we sold the house. So a light sand and wipe down should work with glazing as well. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.
Thank you everyone. I had GLAZE stuck in my mind from looking at so many makeovers all using the prime, paint then glaze process . All way too much work for the subtle highlights I'm envisioning. Dixie Belle's advice to allow extra drying time makes sense. Nancy's simple dry brush option may work.
I am changing my title to add the dry brush options for additional input.
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