Painting cabinets consider painting your cabinets with oil based paint.
Painting oak cabinets black.
Like i mentioned above a lot of research and testing went into that decision.
Paint the cabinet boxes drawers and doors with the oil based primer using a nylon polyester brush.
I like to do the backs of the doors and drawers first.
But if you are wondering what colors work best with your oak cabinetry we have great news.
Allow the primer to dry overnight.
When i first saw the kitchen of layla from the lettered cottage years ago i wanted to try black kitchen cabinets in my own home.
You see i had wanted my cabinets black for a long time.
Last spring i painted my cabinets as part of the one room challenge 6 week room makeover.
Paint the interior of the cabinets.
Let them dry and then turn them over and prime the fronts.
Here we share our favorite paint colors that look absolutely amazing with oak cabinets.
Be sure to paint in the direction of the grain of the wood.
The best paint for oak cabinets i found is insl x cabinet coat enamel in satin diluted and applied with a paint sprayer.
The next interesting wall paint option that you can choose to pair with oak cabinets and black appliances is the one that has a very light grey tone.
Apply 1 coat and allow it to dry for 24 hours.
Primer bonds with the cabinet surface and ensures that the paint will adhere to the cabinets and won t peel or chip.
When you re done start painting the outside of the cabinet.
Apply primer to all the cabinets.
Make short strokes with the brush.
Must clean sand prime sand second prime if you want to get rid of oak look sand paint sand paint again do not over work those alkyd paints lay it on paint top to bottom paint horizontal so the paint can level wait 3 days between repainting takes 30 days to cure hard.
I decided on a two tone look with the bottom cabinets black.
Insl x cabinet coat is an acrylic water based enamel.
You can get the black onyx look with both water and oil based paint in a high gloss finish but oil based paint dries harder.
Something like this looks fantastic to pair with light or white oak cabinets like the one you can see in the picture above.
I have tackled a great deal of oak cabinet client projects so i thought i would share some tips and tricks for painting oak cabinets that i have learned along the way if you re looking to give yours a refresh.