Hi all,
Quick question. We have some cabinet doors (they are the old veneer on a particle board veneer style – pretty much flat) that we are paining for a customer. How would you recommend painting the doors, in a method that we can get both sides painted in one setting. We were thinking about painter’s pyramids, or hanging them from their old hinge screw holes and painting them there. But both ways have significant seemingly problems – the first will leave small dots on the back side of every door, and the latter will be swinging in the air while trying to paint. It will be oil paint, and we are a bit on a time deadline so I would really like to get them painted in three days (as opposed to the six of one coat per side per day).
As I am typing this, I wonder about painting the back side, hanging that to dry, and coming back a couple hours later and setting the back side on the pyramids…
Ideas?
THANK YOU!
JMax
Replies
Oil-based paint takes a long time to get hard so I don't think painters pyramids are going to work after only a few hours. They may work after a few days, but that won't help you.
Here's a few things that I've done:
1) primed with fast-drying spray primer (rattle can) both sides in the same day. By using a similar color primer, only 1 topcoat was needed.
2) hung from the screw holes with cup hooks (less swinging)
3) painted the interior side of the door, then hung it to paint the exterior. This assumes that no one will use the kitchen for a day.
If the doors have knob holes, hang from two sets of hinge screw holes, then run a cord/wire from the knob hole down to a CMU or some such to keep them from swinging.
painting
For base cabinet door, put screws on bottom edge and hang with wire over something. If you suspect the base material might crack, pilot holes first. For wall cabinets, screws on top edge. Finish the holes with matching filler or spot paint after installing.
If you are changing the hinge, new hinge may cover the old hinge holes. Hope it helps.
painting cabinet doors
use oil base primer, it dries fast, use a latex top coat, it dries fast, paint the back side first, turn door over and set on painters triangles and paint the front side, place door on drying rack-first day clean, sand, prime, next day, sand and two top coats
Thank you all very much for your responses! I really appreciate it.
JMax