How Do You Refinish Linoleum Kitchen Cabinets?
Kitchen cabinets can be expensive to replace. Refinish them instead to save money and add value to your home. Refinishing your kitchen cabinets can hide a damaged door or drawer. Learn how to repair any damage on your linoleum cabinets before painting them and adding a clear coat. Choose a stain or paint for your linoleum kitchen cabinets. You can use either on a stained cabinet, but only use paint over a painted cabinet. If you choose to add stain over a stained cabinet, you can only go darker. Repair the cabinet. If you are staining, any putty used to repair will show through. Try to blend a thin layer of putty across the whole piece of wood that you are repairing. If you can get the natural color of the wood to match the putty fairly well, it will look like the piece of wood has some natural variance. Unfortunately, this is very hard to do, and painting is a better option. If painting, use a repair solution like Bondo, which will not crack, peel or let go over time. Remove the clear