Painting Raised Panel Cabinet Doors

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Painting raised panel cabinet doors.

If you are painting raised panel kitchen cabinet doors start in the center of the door and work your way toward the outside. Paint with the primary. Primer and preparation are the secret formula that will allow you to achieve the painted look a painting professional will admire. Here i am painting the cabinet doors from the making mdf cabinet doors video.

Painting raised panel doors step 1. No need for that caulking stuff. This is the method i use and recommend for painting panel doors. Either pre profile the panel raise into the solids or do so after mitering.

This makes a stable panel with no end grain. First use the roller on the interior panel. Or you can rim it with solids and then veneer it two sides then raise it. When you are applying the primer or finish coats to the doors paint them on a flat horizontal surface.

Then use the foam brush to add paint to the molding between the interior and exterior panels. Basically you want to work from the lowest panel surface to the highest. This will help avoid getting any runs in the paint. Then use the roller again on the exterior or top panels and around the edges of the doors.

Brush on a light coat. Rollers lay on paint much faster than a brush giving you a few more precious minutes to work the paint before it begins to stiffen. The secret to painting paint grade cabinet doors. A heavy coat of paint covers better and sometimes levels out better but runs are more likely and brush marks are deeper.

I recommend using latex primer and paint on cabinet doors and any painted wood products that will be kept indoors. Prep work remove the door and place it horizontally across a pair of sawhorses to ease in painting. Roll on the paint where you can.