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How To Paint Kitchen Cabinets Professionally Without Sanding | DIY Kitchen Makeover (Part 1)

Mar 17, 2024
Hey guys, welcome back to the first

part

of a new

kitchen

renovation series. I've been working on a complete

kitchen

remodel for my friends Brandi and Jeremy for the past few weeks and we've been trying to accomplish this entire renovation on a very tight budget. So we've done basically everything and I'm going to share it all with you, starting with how to

paint

your kitchen

cabinets

and achieve a professional finish. I'm going to share all of my best tips, tricks and techniques that I've learned. the way, as well as a one-step

paint

that makes it totally possible for anyone to give their kitchen a major facelift for around a hundred bucks, so if that sounds like your Vibe, go ahead and subscribe, turn on the notification bell so you don't miss any

part

of this series.
how to paint kitchen cabinets professionally without sanding diy kitchen makeover part 1
I'll show you some preview shots of the space we're working in, tell you about the paint we're using, and then we'll dive into some of these tips and techniques. this is the paint we are going to use on the

cabinets

, it is beyond the paint brand and is supposed to be a primer and sealer all in one, it says no peeling, no

sanding

, no furniture primer, cabinets, countertops and more. We're really going to put this to the test to see if it really is no prep or little prep and how well this project turns out because if this is true, if these claims are true, updating your kitchen is going to be so ridiculously affordable, so anyway We chose this bright white color for the upper cabinets, the lower ones in the island will be a different color, but for now we will just start with the top step.
how to paint kitchen cabinets professionally without sanding diy kitchen makeover part 1

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One, of course, will be to clean the cabinets very well. Using this simple green, it makes a really good all-purpose cleaner and degreaser. It works great in the kitchen, but you can use any type of cleaner you want, as long as it's a degreaser and you can make sure it absorbs everything. from that caked on grease dust, all the grime that builds up on your kitchen cabinets, you want the cleanest surface possible if you're using hot water and soap, that would be fine too, but just make sure you come back with a rinse cycle basically so you're going to want to wash with hot soapy water, wipe everything down and then come back with clean hot water and just do a second Easter to make sure you don't have any soap residue as you can see dust collecting in the kitchens and fat accumulates in you.
how to paint kitchen cabinets professionally without sanding diy kitchen makeover part 1
You think they're clean, they look clean and then you get to those overhead spaces and little cracks and crevices and they're actually very dirty, so even if you think you've cleaned your cabinets, they're already clean or they haven't been that nasty, you I promise you need to clean them and this will make all the difference when it comes to the longevity of your paint job, if there is anything underneath that paint it will just chip and come off so if you want a long lasting finish you really need to put in the time. to do the proper prep work.
how to paint kitchen cabinets professionally without sanding diy kitchen makeover part 1
It's lucky for us with this paint we're using today, the only prep work needed is to clean it really well, but I'm going to go one step further as we're going to be removing all the doors on these cabinets. I'll just try to make it easy for my future self and label them all so I have some Ziploc bags. and some Post-it notes. I'm going to label them based on the number of cabinet doors we have and then when we take them off their hinges, I'm going to place the Post-it on the back of the cabinet door.
Part of it is that I won't paint first and then put all the hardware in the Ziploc bag and place it in the cabinet box. This will make rehanging the cabinets easier because, believe it or not. They are not one-size-fits-all and it will be much harder to determine what goes where if you don't have these labels, although this isn't necessarily a must-have prep step when it comes to the actual painting. work I feel like it's basically mandatory to make this as stress-free as possible, no matter what you do, painting kitchen cabinets takes a lot longer than you think when you start the project and can be very stressful mentally.
So all these little steps really add up and make the overall job a more enjoyable experience, much less stressful and you can set up your kitchen better, but as you can see after I made all those Ziploc bags and Post-its, put a my husband on duty, he will take everything off the hinges while I set up all the paint triangles to keep them raised and elevated off the countertops so I don't paint over the countertops, but also so I can get the edges around the doors much more easy and we're just going to set up this little paint station here so we can start turning all of these black cabinets into gloss white, so I chose the Beyond paint brand gloss white. and when I opened it I was a little surprised to see that it's thick like it's solid, it's definitely not the consistency of any other paint I've tried, it's more like a greek yogurt chocolate pudding type consistency, but that's how It's supposed to be because this paint is a primer and sealer all in one, and it's really good at self-leveling, that's why it's so thick, it's recommended to use a 3-8 inch nap for the roller and then a brush as well. for chips. the very specific technique they tell you to use this is definitely the most tedious and time consuming part of painting your kitchen cabinets.
It's a lot of work just because of how tedious it is, but it's actually not difficult in a few minutes. to show you a really detailed tutorial of exactly what I'm doing, but it took me painting a couple of doors before I finally found my groove and realized what worked best, but basically you use that brush to stipple the paint. all the cracks and crevices and you use the roller to roll the paint over all the flat solid surfaces, so like I said, it took me a couple of doors before I finally got to the groove, but once I did it was very easy .
It was a lot easier, less intimidating than it sounds and it turned out beautifully in the end, so I'm going to play a little montage here, give you some music so you don't have to listen to me ramble for the next few minutes and then I'll come back and show you that tutorial detailed of the technique I used and how it worked for me. You are a guilt trip that feeds me thoughts. These lies. I feel sick. The bad choice I made five years ago with some. party in New York are you texting me to tell me I'm why you keep doing things I never did maybe you can't see I'm hard to hold on to?
I know I'm a lost cause, do you think you should? being alone all I need is your nightmare it reminded me of who I am sometimes I feel scared hey baby I still like my friends what's wrong but I still have my friends I don't love you all I need is them so cute okay so I just wanted Here you I show a little bit of instructions on the technique, this is what Beyond Paint recommends, so we have a brush here and you can see that the first thing I did was apply a thin layer of paint on all the flat surfaces that Now I could, I'm going to go into with this chip brush and you want to stipple with a stippling motion, don't swipe, this paint doesn't like it when you swipe, see how streaky it is, it's a self-leveling paint. that's why it's so thick so the Beyond paint brand and website recommends that you use a chip brush and use the stippling motion and any of these like detailed cracks like this all over so I've been doing that on each one after you roll that initial coat and like I said this is self leveling so in those little deep bits it will seep through and level out with a smoother finish than what you're looking at so definitely don't be afraid . the stippling, if you slide it on, you're not going to have the right kind of coverage for it to level out and it's just not going to be the professional finish or the long-lasting finish that you want, so I check all of this on these cabinets anyway.
They are a lot of work because of how detailed they are, but the less detailed, if you have a standard shaker style or a flat cabinet door, this would be a breeze, just roll it up, so anyway I do all that and then come . Go back in with just a dab of paint on the roller just to smooth everything out and you want to make sure you don't have so much paint on the roller that it just slides and slides on its own. to keep that roller rolling and I'm just going to use it to smooth out all of these flat surfaces and this is just going to help the paint a little bit, it's definitely not necessary, but it substantially improves the quality of the finish and make sure everything maintains an even coat.
I wish you could see how light a touch I'm using. If you push down too hard it will slide, but you just want to roll it with just enough pressure to apply the paint. in an even layer, but not so much that it goes over or imitates a brush and that is how you will get the best and most professional finish possible. For the sake of efficiency I painted all the cabinet door fronts first and all the edges with their first coat of paint, it took me about three to nine minutes per door to apply that first coat and then once I was done with While they were all drying, I went straight to the boxes in the cabinet that were still hanging. the wall and started painting them, this was a little more tedious with all the seams, cracks and crevices, trying to use that stippling motion a little more tedious because you can't really maneuver these like you need them to.
They're just stuck on the wall so you have to work around them but it took me about 45 minutes to get the first coat on all of this and at that point the first door I had painted was close to being able to have a second coat so There was actually like a 30 minute break where I had a snack, drank some water, ate my lunch and then moved on to the second coat of paint, working on a circuit like this really helped with time efficiency especially and It just made a big difference overall now I will say the hardest part of this is probably remembering to follow through with that stippling motion.
I feel like our hands naturally just want to swipe and get a clean crisp line but this paint doesn't work that way if you swipe you will have a very uneven and uneven coverage for the self leveling properties to work you have to stick to that painting technique. Stippling in general isn't too bad until you get to the edges that are against the wall then it can be a little more challenging so luckily for me we are planning on painting all the kitchen walls for the final transformation video before and after, so I didn't have to worry too much about getting paint on the walls, but if you're not going to do that, when painting or if you have tiles that are directly touching the cabinets, you'll definitely want to take that extra prep step and just stick I taped all the edges so you can stipple without having to worry about it and get the best finish possible apart from When painting all the walls in the kitchen, we also completely ripped out the old laminate countertops and replaced them with raw butcher black that I finished myself, so I'll show you how we did it every step of the way and all the tips. and tricks for a professional finish there too they turned out so beautiful for only a couple hundred dollars I couldn't even believe it you guys that will be episode 2 you definitely don't want to miss that one we also replaced the sink. and the faucet, the microwave, they made some small upgrades to the appliances there and of course we're going to end up decorating this space and making sure it's functional and beautiful and cohesive with the rest of the house.
I will paint the lower cabinets as good, but that won't be in today's video. I just wanted to show you the techniques on how to paint your cabinets and achieve a professional finish and I felt like I could show that with just the top and save some for that end. The transformation is a bit of a surprise because of the color we chose, but I also wanted to point out that if you're on a really tight budget, you can just paint the top or just paint the bottom. The two-tone kitchens that are in style right now are trending.
You could get away with doing a complete facelift to your kitchen for only about sixty dollars if you really wanted to and it would still look just as beautiful. We'll also be painting her two-tone for the final reveal, so leave it to your guess as to what. The color we chose in the comments section, but I just wanted to tell you that if you want to do some home renovations and some improvements to your space, but you're on a tight budget, I just want to point out that that's totally possible for everyone. you absolutely can do it and I hope this video inspires you and encourages you to try a little DIY in your space and see the difference it can really make.
It's a huge help in helping you love your home and the space you agree, thank you, okay, we have the first coat of paint on all the doors. We had to get creative here and I just wanted to show you this little trick. We ran out of paint triangles, so we usedfull bottles of Gatorade or you. You could use juice boxes, something like that to save a little money by not having to buy all these paint triangles, but also, if you're in a pinch, this works great, but we still have the first coat on all the boxes. and in all the doors. and we have to wait two to four hours before we can apply the second coat, that would be pretty redundant and my camera will have a hard time focusing, so I think I'll probably show you what it looks like and tell you how many coats we end up having to use to get this completely opaque.
You can see here that it's leveling out quite a bit. It's very soft to the touch, but definitely not a single coat coverage. very dark cabinets to white, so keep that in mind, I would say at least three coats, but fingers crossed we can do it in two, four coats later and we have bright white cabinet doors and boxes, check this out, This was a lot. of work, four coats to get them completely opaque, but it was worth it, they look so beautiful now and it has already brightened the space a lot, if you remember what that opening clip was like that shows you this view, it was like a shadow all over this side off the screen and now look at it, you can already see how much more cohesive it is, it's brighter in this space and it's a great motivator to keep going, so this is where those extra two minutes and an extra step in the preparation.
I really bought into it and it gave us back a lot of time in the end, so I just had to take out all these Ziploc bags and I was able to put the hardware back into the cabinets where they belonged, have everything laid out for Derek to come after. I took the drill and screwed everything together and then we were able to hang them back in their boxes very easily thanks to those Post-it labels. We were now a two-person team, so this only took about 15-20 minutes. It could have easily taken over an hour if we hadn't done this step, but it also saves you time if you're working alone.
I would just take all the bags down, set up all the hardware first and then go back with your drill, screw everything and then rehang the cabinets according to their labels so it's a little easier when you have two people working at the same time, but if you are on your own don't worry you can still save time you can still be stress free and these tips can still work for you thank you ok the cabinet doors are all back hanging on these tops and they look so good , look how much brighter it is, you, how much better.
It fits, it's much more cohesive anyway, hanging them as if they were level is a lot harder than you think, but we did it and having everything laid out like this made it such an easy process that we didn't put the hardware back together. I left that in the plastic bags here because we'll update them a little bit later and do it all at the same time, the hardware on the bottom and top, but we don't want to lose them. so we kept everything like this, but this is how it looks so far and now we can move on to these countertops.
I'll actually give you a sneak peek of what we did with the countertops in the last clip, but first I wanted to share this first one more time to remind you what a black hole in the kitchen was and then I want to show you some really close up views of these. cabinets so you can really see the finish, how beautiful they turned out and in my opinion. They look totally professional and anyone can achieve this type of finish if you follow all the tips and techniques I shared in today's video. They are impressive, they went a long way to transforming this kitchen.
Simply painting these tops brightens this space substantially. for only about 110 and I just want to remind you that if I can do it, you can do it, so I hope you enjoyed it, don't forget to like it and I'll see you all in part two, thank you.

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