I know I have seen this a million times and should have made note of it,,but I didn't. I want to paint my crappy old kitchen cabinets and I can't remember how to degrease or clean them first? Isn't there a product to use?? any help is so appreciated!
"Sometimes you have to just leap, and build your wings on the way down"
You might look into Jasco's TSP Substitute. It's a concentrate you mix 1:4 parts water. It's easier to use, and just needs to be wiped down, not extremely thoroughly rinsed.
Posts: 1085 | Location: San Francisco, CA | Registered: Oct 30, 2002
It's probably been 10 years since I finally got tired of dated, 70's, dark kitchen cabinets. I took the doors off and scrubbed them to pieces out on my deck. I used semi-gloss latex paint. Remember spots where paint would separate and need several coats. Once done, they've held up very well. Have gotten touch-ups once or twice since original redo.
In hind-sight, I'd probably use my special "technique". Plain old, cheapy, Dollar Store oven cleaner will strip a LOT of wood surfaces down to almost b a r e wood. If cabinets have a varnish/shellac on the surface, the gunk will literally ROLL off with the oven cleaner. Doubt it would touch any lind of heavy-duty poly finish.
But the cabinets would end up being a really messy project. If oven cleaner worked on doors, would be worth the mess. The oven cleaner method can be pretty much NO scrub.
Something to think about. Didn't realize until the cabinets were "antique white" that the only hardware I really used were the pulls on the drawers?!? Doors, upper & lower, all had hardware in middle of them. Realized I pulled uppers open by bottom corners and lowers by top corners... ended up only area that really showed any dirt. Last time the cabinets needed a little sprucing up I moved the hardware. Just drilled new holes and filled old ones with spackle. Now the handles are in a place where they're actually used.
Posts: 3853 | Location: mount holly, NJ, USA | Registered: Sep 19, 2002
