Apply tape to the back surface of the cabinet doors underneath those holes.
Can you paint your old kitchen cabinets.
You might even get away with one.
Even the highest quality paint job can t revive cheap cabinets that have grown frail with age.
If these are the issues you re dealing with you d actually be better off replacing your kitchen cabinets.
And if you do it yourself it can also be one of the least expensive ways to overhaul the space just the cost of materials and of course your time.
Thin veneers peel or delaminate particleboard cabinet bottoms or shelves sag or break and hanging rails come loose.
Painting your kitchen cabinets is the single most transformative thing you can do to your kitchen without a gut renovation.
If you re using your old hardware you can clean it or refinish it with spray paint for a new look.
You re finally ready to paint.
If you re using roughly the same shade as the existing color two coats ought to do the job.
Clean the old paint cabinets thoroughly prime with a stain blocking primer and then paint with a high quality.
Instead of replacing your old kitchen cabinets make them new by repainting them.
If your hardware simply needs cleaning see refinishing and cleaning kitchen cabinets for instructions.
If you plan on using new hardware that is a different size than the original you will have to fill the old hardware holes before painting.
Then fill holes with the wood filler.
Paint the cabinet boxes.
Painting over a dark finish with a light color is tougher and could require three coats.
With an inexpensive paint sprayer and a few gallons of paint you can transform your kitchen in a weekend.