Staining Melamine Kitchen Cabinets

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Staining melamine kitchen cabinets. Melamine is a heat resistant substance used in the composition of bathroom and kitchen surfaces. Melamine kitchen cabinets are made by heat sealing a substrate pressed wood medium density fiberboard or plywood between paper saturated with thermally fused melamine resin. Staining your cabinets will give them a very unique appearance that sets them apart from most other types of different cabinets made out of laminate materials. Melamine cabinets are made by using heat to seal paper saturated with a plastic like resin onto plywood or fiber board.
Thermally fused melamine is a combination of melamine and formaldehyde chemically fused together into larger and some say safer molecules. I ll show you how to paint melamine and oak kitchen cabinets and update them with new hardware. With the right stain a sander and a rag your kitchen cabinets can be transformed in days. Staining melamine surfaces adds a whole new look to an interior.
Download my free checklist with all the steps to update melamine cabinets with wood trim. Kitchen cabinets cabinets kitchen painting staining start by sanding and conditioning the wood then stain. After that s dry put on two coats of polyurethane and your cabinets will look just as good as any professional could have done for you. Our last house was built in 1996 and had the bright white plastic y melamine or thermafoil cabinets.
As a matter of fact most homes in our neighborhood had them. The before and after pictures will amaze you. A melamine surface isn t readily receptive to stains but patient use of the correct. If you haven t seen the rest of allison s home makeover check out the post here here and here.
Staining kitchen cabinets is an easy inexpensive method for turning a worn outdated kitchen into something beautiful and warm and modern. Yet another thing to add to our every growing list of things you never thought you could or should paint. The reason why melamine cabinets are able to withstand these problems is due to its strong outer layer and that is why it can. Do you want to update your ugly 80s kitchen but remodeling isn t in the budget.
If you plan to stain your laminate cabinets however it s important that you complete this process in the proper way.