Can I Paint Ikea Kitchen Cabinets

I found so many recommendations for a shellac based primer that promised to help paint stick to ikea 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. If you tried to just paint the cabinets right out of the box the paint will definitely chip off. But not all ikea furniture is alike and therefore not all requires the same paint treatment. Im so happy i found this post because right before i was a out to purchase an entire ikea kitchen i realized the adel white cabinets are actually off white and not bright white like i was wanting.

I did some research and looked up the best ways to paint ikea cabinets. I m referring to ikea s popular material of choice. Particleboard covered in laminate. At ikea they said we probably couldn t paint this style but could probably paint the ramsjo.

We painted our ikea kitchen cabinets using a very similar process though we sprayed instead of roller d. We re big fans of ikea hacks and upgrades so we re completely in favor of adding a little personality with paint. Do not sand too much or you will penetrate lacquer coating and expose mdf below. Here s how i did it.

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. Agree that the primer is the key and bin is excellent. Painting ikea sektion kitchen cabinets.