Laundry Room Cabinet Painting Mistakes You Shouldn’t Make in Franklin, MA

Your laundry room could have cabinets – they’re good for keeping the room organized and keeping everything that you need for laundry purposes in one easy to find location.

Some would have you just leave your laundry room cabinets unpainted, or perhaps not bother to paint them once more once you notice the cabinets fading a bit — but is that the look you want in your laundry room?

Once you make the decision to paint your laundry room cabinets, it’s a good idea to be careful with how you paint them, as there are certain mistakes you can easily make if you’re not aware of them that would cause delays in getting your project done and maybe even cause harm to the cabinets!

Let’s have a look at some laundry room cabinet painting mistakes you shouldn’t make.

1. Thinking You Have To Use White

One mistake that people will sometimes make when they’re thinking about painting their laundry room cabinets is in the decision to paint their cabinets white, based on the thought that they have to be white.

Why should they be white — the theory being that the laundry room is meant to be a clean room as it were, and there are few colors that traditionally denotes a clean room like it — yet it doesn’t have to be that way.

There are plenty of other colors that are going to be more than fine for your laundry room, and it would be just as well if you used any of them so long as they are colors that you like and they still go well with the other colors in the room — and don’t forget that includes the washing machines!

2. Using Difficult To Clean Paint

Though it is a laundry room and people traditionally associate it with being a clean room, the process of doing your laundry can actually be quite messy sometimes and as such it’s a good idea to make use of paint that is easier to clean.

If you want to ensure that the cabinets are easier to clean, it is better to make use of a glossy paint as that is the kind of paint that you will be able to use a moist cloth and wipe off without any concern of getting paint off as well.

Conversely, making use of flat paint may be somewhat better in terms of hiding certain surface flaws, but it will be a lot more difficult to clean and may instead require you to paint the cabinets once more.

3. Leaving The Hardware On Before Painting

You are likely familiar with the hardware associated with cabinets — the pulls that will allow you to open the doors and drawers on the cabinets.

If you try to paint your cabinets with the pulls still on them, you are bound to encounter difficulties to say the least — first in properly being able to paint your cabinets (the pulls will invariably get in the way) and then in avoiding getting paint on the pulls themselves.

It’s considerably easier to just remove the hardware before you begin the painting process, making sure to put said pulls in some kind of bag or other sort of container and then label it so that you know what is going to go where when you have finished painting.

Of course, some people will also take this opportunity to ask themselves if they really want to keep the same hardware or if they want to mix it up and look for different hardware for their laundry room cabinets.

4. Not Planning Your Painting Project

Lastly, remember that it’s important to plan your painting project out well from beginning to end so that you will have a good idea of how much paint and primer and other materials you will need, as well as how long the project is going to take.

By planning you will be measuring the area to be painted – and based on those measurements you’ll be able to figure out how much you will need and how long each step of the project should take.

Power Painting Plus specializes in Interior Painting, Exterior Painting, and Cabinet Refinishing. We look forward to helping you with your home renovations in Franklin, MA. Contact us by calling (508) 784-1800.

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