Caulking Kitchen Cabinet Doors

See sanding cabinets as well.

Caulking kitchen cabinet doors.

Prior to caulking it s very important to clean out dust or gunk grease in between seams and joints so primer and caulking will stick. Lasts 10 to 15 years but breaks down faster if exposed to water often. Whether to caulk painted cabinet doors materials choices assembly methods and finishing techniques all affect whether a door looks seamless or not. But having just finished up a small re finishing job of about half a kitchen s worth of doors it went pretty smoothly.

Use latex painter s caulk inside of doors and windows or to quickly fill cracks and holes in drywall. Seal a door frame in place and seal the subfloor at the bottom of a door frame. Cleans up with water. Karen s company loves to paint kitchen cabinets.

When painting cabinets especially white and whenever possible take extra steps to fill cracks and seams in the wood. One of the steps that we do on about 50 of the cabinets that we paint is to caulk the seam between the door panel and trim. The art of caulking cabinets.