7 Bathroom Cabinet Painting Mistakes You Should Never Make in Arlington, VA
If you are looking to make your bathroom look better, one thing that you might want to do is take a look around and consider what looks old and/or outdated and possibly needs to be replaced — but what if there were an alternative to replacing part of the bathroom, such as your bathroom cabinets?
Painting your bathroom cabinets is one way that you can avoid replacing them — the process of painting your cabinets is less expensive and better for the environment than replacing them.
It’s a bit shocking to know that when you make mistakes in the pursuit of having your bathroom cabinets painted you will often end up losing money and time as opposed to when you’re able to avoid such mistakes.
Let’s now look at and consider seven-bathroom cabinet mistakes you should never make in Arlington, VA
1. Painting With Paint That Isn’t Moisture Resistant
One mistake that people often will make when they are painting their bathroom cabinets is to make use of paint that is not moisture resistant.
You may wonder why this is a problem — it relates to the amount of moisture that is often found in a bathroom and how that relates to mold and mildew that can grow on surfaces as a result of said moisture.
2. Not Removing Mold And Mildew
Speaking of mold and mildew, it’s your duty as the person or people who are updating the look of your bathroom cabinets to fully remove any mold and mildew that may be on them.
If you don’t take the time to remove the mold and mildew that can be sometimes found on older bathroom cabinets (or cabinets that are kept in bathrooms and aren’t regularly cleaned) you will only be doing yourself a disservice as the mold and mildew will return atop the new paint.
3. Not Matching Paint With The Rest Of The Room
It’s a good idea to try to match the paint that you are going to be applying to your bathroom cabinets with the colors in the rest of the room.
If you don’t do this, you can be almost sure that the bathroom cabinet may look really nice, and yet it won’t look good in the room, so to speak.
4. Not Sanding The Cabinets
In terms of getting a really good smooth paint job, you have to take a couple of steps in preparing the cabinets for painting and one of them involves sanding the surface that will be painted.
The process of sanding your cabinets may make a bit of a mess and it’s well worth it because when you do so, you’re going to come away with cabinets that are much more smooth.
5. Leaving The Doors On The Cabinets
In terms of making sure that you do the best job that you can in painting your bathroom cabinets, removing the doors can be one of the best things you can do.
Having the doors on when you’re painting makes the process more difficult and it has the doors get in your way while you’re trying to paint the rest of the cabinets.
6. Not Cleaning The Cabinets
When you are looking to paint your bathroom cabinets, you have to start by having fully clean cabinets.
To not clean the cabinets would fundamentally be like trying to paint over dirty cabinets, and this will not lead to well-painted cabinets — only cabinets that look like dirty cabinets with paint on them.
7. Not Wearing Protective Equipment
Lastly, one of the biggest mistakes that you can make in painting your bathroom cabinets is not wearing protective equipment.
You need to wear things like a face mask to protect yourself from the dust from getting the cabinets ready as well as eye protection for the same reason.
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