Not too much progress since last week on our basement kitchen. We're still waiting on the
HVAC and to get all the drywall and all the floors done. Obviously, we're not going to be on time for
the One Room Challenge reveal next week. So I will be sharing the kitchen when we can actually
start it. I did manage to prime all of my kitchen door panels last week so if you continue watching
this video you're going to see some handy tips on how I did that. And in a couple of months,
I'm going to be sharing how the doors have lasted over time using all the different
painting methods. So some doors I sanded, some I didn't. Some I primed, some I didn't - and
I'm going to be using two different kinds of paint as well. So hopefully, if you're planning
on painting your IKEA kitchen cabinets like me or any kind of kitchen cabinets it'll be some
great information to have. Thanks for watching! Check out the tips on painting and see you guys
next week and for the final kitchen reveal when we can actually get that done - thanks.
I already sanded the fronts of the boards and the sides these are the Ikea Edserum
doors. I'm actually priming first the back and I'm not taking off the sticker because
I'm lazy. But the reason I'm doing the back and all the sides is so that when I flip
it over to the front, I'm not gonna, like in case it doesn't dry properly,
I'm not gonna get any lines on the front. The fronts I want to look the best so that's why
I'm doing the backs first. So essentially I'm just taking some paint and a roller and this
is kind of it's a shaker door so this is the technique I just kind of gloop this on with
my roller and getting into the cracks here. And then, I mean you can do the cracks here,
but again this is the back so I'm not worried about being too perfect. When I do the front
I will be using a brush though. So I kind of roll this on and then I'm going to using a light brush
or light rolling. I'm gonna just roll this on all my sides. I just do two sides to start then I have
everything on these little like scrap pieces of wood so that it doesn't stick to the tarp. And
I'm just rolling all the sides really really light coat. I don't want to gloop it because they don't
want it to go to the front but in case it does I'll just stand it when it's dry. But doing it
really lightly all my sides are covered. Lightly placing it down, and then continuing to paint.
And I'm just making sure not, to not gloop a lot of paint. Basically,
you want to put less is more paint. I don't want to get into any of these holes. We're
going to need these. These are for drawers and then make sure you're not really having
any streaks. And that's pretty much it and I just have a couple more left.
I left the prime doors dry about 24 hours and then I'm just gonna flip them over. I already
did all the sides, so I'm gonna be able to just do the front, I'm not gonna have to turn them.
So hopefully they're a nice perfect finish. In case there are any gloops along the edges
I'm just going to lightly sand them down with a clean sanding sponge. But this one looks pretty
good - I'm going to see. There are a lot of doors so some of them might be a little bit messy. So
I'm gonna put it down nicely and then get a little bit of light paint. I think I'm gonna try the same
thing with my roller and goop it in the corners here. If that doesn't work I will get a brush
and do it perfectly. But it seems to be working out nicely. This it's the perfect size for my
roller - and then lightly go over everything. Again, I don't want it to be too thick. I want
to make sure that there are no visible paint seams because I have still a few more coats
to go. So if you were to screw up kind of your first coat you're never going to be able to fix
it. So if you can make it as perfect as possible, every step of the way then it'll work out great.
Here's an example of a big goop of paint it fell over from this side. And you want to
pay attention to your corners because that's probably where they're gonna go. So what I'm
doing is just taking a regular sanding sponge. You can use any kind of sandpaper - I just like the
sponge because it's a bit softer for my hands. You're gonna lightly go over the area and what
this is gonna do is just kind of smooth it out. And you can feel it with your finger. So you're
not going to get that hard line of where the paint dripped. Once you paint, like right now
it feels smooth. Once you paint that over with a second coat, third coat you're not gonna be able
to see it. And it's important to get them every step of the way or you're gonna - eventually,
it's gonna just keep covering up and covering up and that's gonna be really thick in the end.
So again pay attention to your corners and all the sides here. And that's looking pretty good!