If you’re using a paint sprayer, add painter’s tape and plastic and canvas drop cloths to you list to cover everything and some builder’s paper for the floors and countertops! But! it’s always worth it when the actual painting takes less than 30 minutes total. I swear it took us 6 hours to tape everything off that we didn’t want sprayed in our kitchen. Of course the downside to using a paint sprayer is there is a LOT of taping off involved.No air compressor needed and it connects to a hose for fast and easy clean-up. It sucks it right up from the gallon so there’s not a ton of mess. There’s no watering down or thinning the paint. I was using a smaller paint sprayer to paint the cabinet fronts and it was taking about 30 minutes for each coat and then Chris painted our entire kitchen in, literally (literally!) 12 minutes with this paint sprayer. This Graco Magnum Painter Plus Electric Stationary Airless Paint Sprayer is the best of the best. If you want to use a paint sprayer: We’ve tried so many paint sprayers (two for this job alone) just because we feel like testing and providing feedback is a part of our job.But the real MVP is this Whizzlock mini foam roller. I love this Blue Hawk short-handled brush. If you’re going to brush/roll: Only brush the inset edges and do that first.Whether you go the paint sprayer or brush route–here’s what we’d recommend. Spraying will give you the smoothest finish by far, which will help extend the life of your paint job, but it will require a bit more of an investment up front. You can brush/roll by hand or you can spray. We’ve used it on cabinets, wood moldings and doors with great success. It works on paint, varnish, enamel, lacquer, polyurethane, and stain–you name it. We’ve tried a couple different brands and really prefer this Jasco Easy Liquid Sander Deglosser. Liquid Deglosser: No need to sand your cabinets and make a huge mess when you use this. Tip: If you’re going for a dark paint color like we did, the paint counter will tint your primer dark for you for free! It definitely cuts down on top coats. It’s designed for all surfaces (interior/exterior drywall, concrete, wood, non-galvanized metal), dries quickly and my favorite–adheres to glossy surfaces without sanding. We really love Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 Interior/Exterior Multi-purpose Water-based Wall and Ceiling Primer. This is what is going to make the paint on your cabinets last! Also, primer is significantly cheaper than paint, so a coat of primer will actually help extend your paint coverage. Primer: No sanding required, but don’t skimp on the primer (even if the paint boasts it has a built in one). The good news is that our paint dried hard with no tackiness at all–so far, so good! Since we were trying to minimize some of the antiquing done to our cabinetry, we were happy to go with a lower sheen ( Tip: the higher the sheen, the more imperfections will shine through, so if you have textured walls or erm, cabinets, a lower sheen will minimize that!). Lowe’s also carries an enamel paint specifically made for cabinets that has that dries super hard, but it only comes in a semi-gloss finish. It’s an advanced hiding paint and primer and promises a one-coat perfection (we did two just because ), flawless finish and lifetime protection. Paint: We used HGTV Home by Sherwin Williams’ Infinity line in a Satin Finish available exclusively at Lowe’s. Shopping List–Here’s what you need to paint your cabinets! And there’s a few time-saving (and sanity saving) tricks we can happily pass on! It’s even the perfect weekend project if you time it right. We even had my niece and nephew (both 17) to help us and they nailed it! Whether you’re planning to eventually swap out your cabinets or they’re going to be there for the long haul, this tutorial is for you. Painting cabinets sounds really daunting, but this is our 4th time doing it and we’re pretty confident we came up with a system that anyone can do. This deep green-gray color we chose ( Sherwin Williams Thunderous mixed in HGTV Home by Sherwin Williams Infinity Line at Lowe’s in a Satin finish) is really rich, unified our kitchen added a lot of depth and made everything look a lot more intentional (and even more expensive) for very little money (we also added a bunch of this shiplap vertically as our backsplash and wooooooow! It’s a really amazing product that actually comes pre-painted white, but we painted ours the same green as our cabinets. Everyone knows how transformative paint can be, but one of my favorite aspects is one hue isn’t going to be more or less expensive than another. The most dramatic change besides rearranging the cabinets (did you even know you could do that?) was painting the cabinets this past weekend. Our week-long phase 1 kitchen refresh is all but done now.
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