How to Paint Bathroom Cabinets

Over time bathroom cabinets, like other cabinets, become worn and diminish the overall look of your bathroom. To keep your bathroom cabinets up-to-date and aesthetically pleasing consider painting them a fresh new color. This new color opens the room up to several new decorating options. 

Items:

• Paint


• Primer


• Screwdriver


• Paint brushes


• Low grit sandpaper

1. Clean out the bathroom cabinets. Place everything found in your bathroom cabinets into storage bins. 


2. Vacuum out all dust and debris out of the bathroom cabinets. 


3. Remove the bathroom cabinet doors by unscrewing the screws holding the hinges in place with the screwdriver. Begin with the bottom hinges first. 


4. Sand down the surface of the bathroom cabinets using the low grit sandpaper. Continue sanding until the overall surface is smooth. 


5. Scrub the bathroom cabinet doors and the entire surface of the cabinet casing with a cleanser appropriate for the material in which the bathroom cabinets are constructed. For instance, if the cabinets are wood use a wood cleanser like Murphy's Oil Soap. Allow the bathroom cabinets to dry completely. 


6. Apply primer to bathroom cabinet casing. Begin with the inside walls and shelves then work from the top of the casing to the bottom. 


7. Remove the doorknobs from the bathroom cabinet doors. Apply primer to the bathroom cabinet doors. Allow the primer to dry for at least 24 hours. 


8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for the paint application onto the bathroom cabinet casing and the bathroom cabinet doors. 


9. Add a second coat of paint to the bathroom cabinet casing and the bathroom cabinet doors. Allow the paint to dry for 24 hours. 


10. Tighten the doorknobs back onto the bathroom cabinet doors. 


11. Reinstall the bathroom cabinet doors. 


12. Place all items you stored in the storage bins back into the cabinets.