No matter how clean you think your kitchen is you need to wipe everything down with a grease remover says fahrbach.
What do you use to clean kitchen cabinets before painting.
You don t clean the wood before painting.
These brushes have soft medium and coarse bristles.
It is recommended that you thoroughly clean your cabinets before painting with a sponge and denatured alcohol.
How to clean kitchen cabinets before painting.
Do tackle tough spots with baking soda.
To make it a bit easier we use brushes that you can attach to a drill or impact driver.
If stains dried grunge or grease remain on your cabinets even after you ve finished cleaning kitchen cabinets you ll need to add an extra step.
If not done the paint can peel or bubble over time making all that hard work giving the cabinets new life a pointless endeavor.
I prefer to use dawn dish soap.
Depending on the condition of the cabinets we usually stick to the medium and coarse bristles.
Prepping cabinets for painting is important.
Otherwise when you add a water.
It still attacks the grease and that is what you want to get rid of and isn t as stinky as the denatured alcohol.
If your hardware simply needs cleaning see refinishing and cleaning kitchen cabinets for instructions.
If you want to replace your hardware instead see our cabinet hardware buying guide for options.