Then fill holes with the wood filler.
Can you paint your old kitchen cabinets.
Thin veneers peel or delaminate particleboard cabinet bottoms or shelves sag or break and hanging rails come loose.
If your cabinets have any holes or gouges you will need to fill them.
Apply tape to the back surface of the cabinet doors underneath those holes.
If you want to replace your hardware instead see our cabinet hardware buying guide for options.
If you re using roughly the same shade as the existing color two coats ought to do the job.
If you plan on using new hardware that is a different size than the original you will have to fill the old hardware holes before painting.
With an inexpensive paint sprayer and a few gallons of paint you can transform your kitchen in a weekend.
Painting over a dark finish with a light color is tougher and could require three coats.
If your hardware simply needs cleaning see refinishing and cleaning kitchen cabinets for instructions.
Break out a new brush for each coat.
Instead of replacing your old kitchen cabinets make them new by repainting them.
You re finally ready to paint.
If these are the issues you re dealing with you d actually be better off replacing your kitchen cabinets.
Paint the cabinet boxes.
Clean the old paint cabinets thoroughly prime with a stain blocking primer and then paint with a high quality.
Painting your kitchen cabinets is the single most transformative thing you can do to your kitchen without a gut renovation.
And if you do it yourself it can also be one of the least expensive ways to overhaul the space just the cost of materials and of course your time.