Shaker Kitchen Cabinet Update – Painting the doors and drawers

Shaker Kitchen Cabinet Update – Painting the doors and drawers - The DIY Girl

Finally. It took almost 2 weeks for me to get all the MDF strips done. I was working in the basement and the cool temperatures made the drying time for the Liquid Nails take forever. I had stumbled across the original post where the paint choice and instructions had come from at Ask the Paint Gurus http://paintgurus.typepad.com/blog/2011/01/the-right-way-to-re-finish-kitchen-cabinets.html. It’s a Benjamin Moore site. It’s a good write-up and I’d recommend a read for anyone planning to paint their cabinets. Set up I had saved a wooden door (I replaced a wood interior door that led to the garage with a steel door … Read more…

Shaker Kitchen Cabinet Update – painting tips

Shaker Kitchen Cabinet Update – painting hints - The DIY Girl

I won’t go into detail — after everything else I’ve written about painting kitchen cabinets it would be about interesting as, well, watching paint dry. So just some observations. Read the label As mentioned I am using Benjamin Moore’s ADVANCE Waterborne Interior Alkyd Paint – Satin Finish (792). I got curious about Alkyd — their site says Water Reducible Alkyd.  Apparently the major components of an alkyd coating are fatty acids and triglyceride oils and are not petroleum products, but slow the drying time so you end up with a harder finish. On kitchen cabinets this is a good thing. If you try … Read more…

Shaker Kitchen Cabinet Update – painting boxes

Shaker Kitchen Cabinet Update – painting base - The DIY Girl

I have been very frustrated that other blogs have introduced the idea of a Shaker kitchen cabinet update and then provided next to NO details on how to do it. No mention of what wood, what thickness, what width strips, how they cut it, what type of adhesive they used. Nothing. Very frustrating. So for better or worse, I’m going to provide excrutiating detail of what I do with this Shaker kitchen cabinet update. I will tell you what I do and whether it works or not. The paint Since I want the paint to bind really well to the … Read more…