Lacquer Spray Paint Cabinets

Lacquer finishes are fast easy and cheap.

Lacquer spray paint cabinets. From prepping to spraying. The lacquer paint is stronger and more durable. Lightly sand the doors and cabinet frames trim and sides with. The difference is that a jewel looks good even after 10 years.

Your new kitchen cabinets sparkle like a jewel. Lacquer is hard and durable and has traditionally been used as a topcoat. The better method which is the one usually used by the pros is to spray them. Lacquer lays down perfectly when it s sprayed and melts into a truly furniture quality finish that will make your cabinets seems like you bought them that way rather than taking the design low road.

Primer won t form a good bond to this surface unless you scuff it up first. Spray a seal coat using either sanding sealer which is a sandable type of lacquer or regular lacquer thinned about 50 50 with lacquer thinner. Unlike other paints lacquer reactivates each coat underneath it to allow for a smooth level finish even if you apply multiple coats. The solvent is highly volatile and it evaporates to leave the.

And nothing feels quite like the silky smoothness of lacquer. Your lacquer finished cabinets won t. If you use sanding sealer you ll probably need to. Opaque lacquer and polyurethane as well as latex and alkyd paint come in aerosol cans and the nozzles on these cans have been refined over the years to give a wide even spray pattern.

When you spray them they come out smoother and you can use the higher quality lacquer paint. Once your house is ten years old you will notice the kitchen cabinets looking shabby. Just be sure to check the coverage and buy one or two more than you think. As a result you can get very good results although you ll need a lot of cans to spray a typical set of cabinets.

Here we glaze some interior cabinets then spray them with lacquer. There are really 2 methods for painting cabinets. A moderately skilled painter can spray lacquer on kitchen cabinets and woodwork and get good looking finishes. Lacquer paint may need several coats to get the right finish but once it is complete it looks smooth and seamless on furniture and cabinets in the kitchen.

Some paint cabinets like ours have a catalyzed lacquer finish that s very hard. First sand any damaged areas on the doors or paint cabinet frames with 320 grit sandpaper to remove burrs or ridges then fill the areas with spackling compound photo 3.