Painting Kitchen Countertops Before And After

Slap some on to bridge the gap between your before and after.

Painting kitchen countertops before and after. Countertops that are in design purgatory like mine were are a great candidate for laminate paint. If your counters see little to no action go for it. Kitchen countertops get daily use and abuse from water heat spills and constant cleaning. I painted my kitchen countertops this weekend.

They d tried a few stop gap measures to make the kitchen more to their taste but it was still in need of a major makeover. Before you think about replacing your dated laminate countertops entirely consider painting kitchen counters to improve their style quotient for less. The can indicates a second coat can be done within a couple of hours. Use kitchen cleaner to scrub the countertop free of all dirt grime oil and grease.

Even with an old busy granite countertop for example giving your cabinets a fresh coat of paint can work wonders and give any kitchen a much better look. As a temporary fix. Kitchen countertops especially can have years of buildup on them especially if they re near the stove. A kitchen that is rarely used.

Shortly after moving in i experimented with countertop paint in my kitchen. An easy and fun project for do it yourselfers painting kitchen countertops is a cost effective way to make a statement in the kitchen. You ll solve one problem without creating another. After living in their house for a little over two years amanda of the blog simply maggie and her husband decided it was time to remodel the kitchen.

If you haven t been reading this blog long you may not remember my kitchen story from when we first moved. Paint two coats of benjamin moore corotech high performance pre catalyzed waterborne wall epoxy. After you clean it allow the countertop to completely dry before beginning the painting process. Two thin coats and some minor touch ups were done.

See step by step what this 20 product looks like get the diy tutorial and see what it looks like now. And in our house they take an extra hard beating. Instead of springing for thousands of dollars worth of new granite she opted to try granite look countertop paint from giani which is sold in a kit that covers 35 square feet of surface area for about 70 the paint is designed to cover laminate solid surface. To be honest i was definitely unsure about painting our laminate countertops.

Amanda s plan had always been to keep the cabinets and just paint them but they had a lingering mustiness that just. Nonetheless updating the countertops as well gives the kitchen a full transformation. This kitchen had perfectly serviceable laminate countertops but the owner wanted a more luxurious look.