How To Clean Kitchen Hardware Before Painting

There are several effective ways of cleaning kitchen cabinets before painting.

How to clean kitchen hardware before painting. I knew I had to re-use it. Some wooden surfaces especially oak wood are naturally quite porous and that is fine to paint on because it will still look great. Rinse well and let dry.

Let the cabinets dry after scrubbing off all the grease sand down to make them smoother and clean one last time with the vinegar mixture mentioned above before painting them. You can use any product such as TSP degreaser deglosser vinegar soap etc. But it is best to know the details about these products the using process and what they do before start using them.

You can clean with soap and water be sure to let it dry completely. Try washing soda for hardware. However if you want a very clean and smooth look on your kitchen cabinets then you can go a step further after cleaning.

Remove and Clean Hardware To clean truly dirty hardware on kitchen cabinets its easier to remove them. Rinse your walls using a slightly damp cellulose sponge. Use a nylon scrub brush to remove any paint that continues to cling to the hinges nooks or crevices.

Make sure you shake your can REALLY REALLY well for 3-5 minutes before you spray your hardware or it will leave a little annoying gritty texture on your hardware. Try this step by step tutorial on how to clean prep and paint hardware. We decided to repaint them so we would not have to drill new holes for.

Click here to Pin this post for later. To make it a bit easier we use brushes that you can attach to a drill or impact driver. Lay hardware in the top rack in net bags.