Cleaning Kitchen Cabinets Before Painting

To make it a bit easier we use brushes that you can attach to a drill or impact driver.

Cleaning kitchen cabinets before painting.

Leave the abrasive cleaners and scrub brushes to your sink. And after you re done drink a nice glass of wine to celebrate your superhuman cleaning skills. To clean grease off kitchen cabinets before you paint them we like to spray down all surfaces with krud kutter then scrub them really well. Clean them as good as you can getting in all the nooks and crannies.

No matter the painting occasion this is what i do at the purple painted lady. It still attacks the grease and that is what you want to get rid of and isn t as stinky as the denatured alcohol. I prefer to use dawn dish soap. First clean with mineral spirits then wipe it down with a rag that is moistened with clean fresh water.

Rinse thoroughly and allow the cabinets to dry before painting. Take off all hardware then tape around any areas where you don t want paint to inadvertently land. Make sure you clean both sides of the doors and drawers and all the nooks and crannies of the frames. And i always recommend cleaning down cabinetry in the kitchen bath or laundry room prior to painting.

You don t want to have to work harder to sand off all the extra grease on your kitchen cabinets and you don t want to be painting over grease. Do use a gentle cleaning solution. Harsh scrubbing can damage kitchen cabinets finish or paint.