Yes, Caromal Colours textured basecoats, for cabinets and furniture, sticks to metal.
and glass…. plastic….. raw wood…. finished wood….. glossy cabinets….. laminate…… melamine.
That’s right. No priming. No sanding.
When I finished my master bathroom cabinets (read all about the project here) I chose not to remove the doors. My metal hinges are hidden so I chose to paint right over them-
The back of a door. Hinges are painted as well.
Well, go figure, my hubsters cabinet door starts to hang cocked. We tried to tighten the hinge screw … that worked for a few days and then DOINK, the hinge slipped again, door cocked again.
Aarrggh…. now what? All I could think was, darn it, I painted over them because I was too lazy to remove them, and NOW I have to remove that painted on hinge!
Well, who would have thought? I unscrewed 2 screws, and pulled to pop? It popped right out! Nothing stuck, nothing was glunked on, nothing pulled… it just popped off clean!
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I attached the new hinge, screwed in the screws and Voila! Perfect! Now I just need to paint that hinge -
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Here are a few more photos of the master bath cabs -
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I love how these turned out. My favorite so far. The hardware I silver leafed, using the gilding kit from Caromal as well!
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Hi..I found your blog from ASPTL. I love your cabinets. I made the mistake 11 years ago to put in a white kitchen…white melamine–they looked nice–not cheap. Unfortunately no one warned me that heat and melamine do not mix well. I used the self cleaning oven for the first time and the melamine from the cabinets surrounding the oven have started peeling back. I used the counter top rotisserie oven, yep, the heat that escaped the oven peeled the cabinet melamine up….YUCK. Even though I did not realize you could paint over the melamine, I don’t think it would work in this case because of the buckling and peeling of the melamine coating of the cabinets. My husband and I even considered heating all the doors up (hairdryer maybe) and peeling it all off and painting the bare wood.
If you have any suggestions I would appreciate it….From a distance the cabinets look alright but I know the truth!
Again…great job on the cabinets
Thank you Tina! As far as your cabinets go, there was a client that one of the reps in PA had, where they had the exact same situation. They peeled off everything that was loose, sanded with a palm sander the edges so that everything was secure, then applied the product. You could not tell what was previously underneath. Is this an option for you?
That color rocks and so does the paint. I am a little tempted!
Do you have any sample of just white cabinets? I’d like to try cherry over white. Do you have a photos?
Hi Merideth-
Do you mean you’d like to try a red color over existing white cabinets? There is a color, Paprika, that is like an aged brick when toned, but that would be closest to a cherry color you’d get. If this is what you’d like to see I’ll whip one up this evening when I get back – I’ll be in my workroom working on other things, I could do this and post it if you’d like.
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