
painting cabinets | priming
If you missed part one of my series on painting kitchen cabinets and you’re following this as a tutorial, you need to read that post first. I know we want to get right to the good stuff, but your painted cabinets will look crappy if they aren’t prepped properly. Take the time to put in the elbow grease before you crack open a can of paint. You will be happy you heeded my warning. So, now let’s talk about priming. Using a quality primer is every bit as important as using a quality paint. It may be ever more important, because it is the foundation that will help the paint grip the pre-finished surface of the cabinets. For this project, I used Zinsser’s Smart Prime. For the doors (since they were removed), I applied the primer with a paint sprayer. I have a Graco HVLP Finish Sprayer 7.0 that









