try diluted simple green in a bucket. use some elbow grease and a washcloth too (smile)
Paint first. It'll be much easier to get it right and you won't have to worry about taping the cabinets. But, be careful not to scratch they new paint off when you then install the cabinets.
Yes. Clean well first. Use primer specifically for wood veneer or plastic laminate. Then apply paint.
Wood veneer can be painted over on kitchen cabinets. The paint should be a latex that is not of acrylic nature. Oil paint will only smear and not dry evenly.
a sky blue definitely! it is a fresh, clean look.
The easiet way to paint your kitchen cabinets will be to choose a color that will meet your taste, purchase enough paint to ensure all of your cabinet space will be covered, and buy enough paint brushes to complete the job.
The best brand of paint for kitchen cabinets is an oil-based paint. Oil-based paints are the most durable and have a very high resistance to water, moisture, and other liquids. They also take longer to dry than latex or acrylic paints so they can be used on more intricate surfaces such as woodwork.
To paint over veneered cabinets in a kitchen, Sherwin-Williams puts out a paint just for cabinets that dries very hard. Ben Moore has a line also but the color choices were limited. The S-W paint also self primes so unless you have extremely dark cabinets and you want them to be very light, 2 coats should be fine.
You can buy a one-part, or precatalyzed epoxy that will give kitchen cabinets a durable and long-lasting finish. It can be found at most paint stores.
You can find cabinet paint at your local LOWES hardware or any local hardware shop for that matter. but there are alot of different paint, you have to make sure to get the right paint or your cabinets. If you have wooden cabinets you have to get paint for wood and if your house is older it might have metal cabinets, you will have to get different paint then.
After you hang the cabinets. Tape off the cabinets and anything else before you spray. However, sprayed texture looks REALLY tacky on the walls unless it is artfully done by a decorative painter. Why don't you just paint?
Freshening Up the CabinetsFirst of all, it all depends what your cabinets are made out of - real wood, pressed wood, plastic, formica or other. Also, one needs to know the finish of the cabinets - were they painted, stained, varnished, natural, etc.Be that as it may, please see the Related link for some solid tips regarding painting in general. Also see the Related questions for information regarding more specific kinds of painting jobs.
I have done this, I have sanded them down and then have put a primer paint on and then either stain them or paint them what ever color you would like in your kitchen.