Laminate Covering Kitchen Cupboard Doors

In a nutshell here s how to reface cabinets.

Laminate covering kitchen cupboard doors.

When moisture in the bathroom or kitchen causes the laminate facing to come off one of the cabinet doors the first thing to check is the condition of the core. Veneer can come in wood grain patterns or single colors to match your kitchen decor color scheme. We show you how to wrap your kitchen cabinet doors to transform the look for a fraction of the price of replacing. It s usually made of medium density fiberboard or particleboard and if you see swelling or blackening from mold you re better off replacing the doors than trying to re glue the laminate.

Choose surface designs like stone look patterns abstract and wood laminate sheets. Easy to apply vinyls from chromatic vinyl. 30 yards is recommended for larger kitchens or projects while small vanities typically use 3 yards. If you ve scoured the internet for the best paint for your laminate kitchen cabinets i ve got a lot of answers for you.

Remove the doors and drawers and cover the front edges of the cabinets with peel and stick wood veneer. You can really get the look you want solids metallics multicolored even soft pinks and bright reds. Short of committing to a more costly replacement of outdated kitchen storage repainting laminate cabinets is an affordable way to turn the eyesore into eye catching modern cabinetry. If the laminate isn t peeling lift the edge from one of the doors to get a look at the underlying material.

I will not call this a tutorial on painting your kitchen cabinets because well i have zero photo proof of painting the cabinet doors. Change the whole look of your kitchen or just replace doors that are damaged with our made to measure new doors. A typical 10x10 kitchen will use 10 yards of material but this may vary depending on the amount and size of the cabinets doors and the application process. Laminate sheet finish options go glossy for a shiny finish.

Your plan to peel the laminate from the cabinets is likely the result of the fact that it has already started to peel and that should tell you the nature of the substrate. I will say giving this 80s kitchen a good coat of paint totally transformed the kitchen. Laminate sheets come in every color and pattern imaginable. Hang the new doors with easy to adjust easy to install cup hinges.