Painting Ikea Cabinets?

[Anonymous]

I would not paint over ikea doors, but definitely would consider a custom paintable door from semihandmade or kokeena.

[Anonymous]

So I've been playing with the idea now, and I realized that the Semihandmade doors are cheaper than the actual Ikea doors, it seems, for the DIY Shaker, which appeals to me. We want to do our own color, so that seems like a good option. While I was looking at that, I found another website that makes solid wood doors, in a raw format, that we could also paint, which is even cheaper. Much better than trying to alter Ikea's doors.

I'm thinking of having our contractor do it with his sprayer, as we'll have to do something to the end boxes so they match.

-OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I've been playing with the idea now, and I realized that the Semihandmade doors are cheaper than the actual Ikea doors, it seems, for the DIY Shaker, which appeals to me. We want to do our own color, so that seems like a good option. While I was looking at that, I found another website that makes solid wood doors, in a raw format, that we could also paint, which is even cheaper. Much better than trying to alter Ikea's doors.

I'm thinking of having our contractor do it with his sprayer, as we'll have to do something to the end boxes so they match.

-OP

So we've just done that same thing with our kitchen remodel. I wanted white shaker door and IKEA doesn't offer one. Painting IKEA doors would have been stupid because you'd have to strip and sand them first. So what we've done is ordered unfinished doors from Scherr's, who are cheaper than Semihandmade, depending on the style you go for. Then I found the local contractor to paint them. What I recommend is that you find someone to spray paint them offsite in a clean room paint workshop. The reason is that you can never accomplish a clean room environment at a construction site with dust and debris, plus the spraying process itself agitates the air. Every speck of dust you don't need is going to end up on top of your doors. The other tip is to use professional conversion varnish paint, two coats after primer. Find someone who will pick up the doors, paint offsite and deliver them back to you ready. As for the end boxes, Scherr sells cover panels to cover them, which can be painted to match in the same manner. That's what we did so we never had to do anything to the boxes themselves. We got an awesome product way cheaper than any ready cabinets would have been. IKEA has great functionality and structural integrity, and when you add custom doors, it's a win-win that doesn't look IKEA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I've been playing with the idea now, and I realized that the Semihandmade doors are cheaper than the actual Ikea doors, it seems, for the DIY Shaker, which appeals to me. We want to do our own color, so that seems like a good option. While I was looking at that, I found another website that makes solid wood doors, in a raw format, that we could also paint, which is even cheaper. Much better than trying to alter Ikea's doors.

I'm thinking of having our contractor do it with his sprayer, as we'll have to do something to the end boxes so they match.

-OP

So we've just done that same thing with our kitchen remodel. I wanted white shaker door and IKEA doesn't offer one. Painting IKEA doors would have been stupid because you'd have to strip and sand them first. So what we've done is ordered unfinished doors from Scherr's, who are cheaper than Semihandmade, depending on the style you go for. Then I found the local contractor to paint them. What I recommend is that you find someone to spray paint them offsite in a clean room paint workshop. The reason is that you can never accomplish a clean room environment at a construction site with dust and debris, plus the spraying process itself agitates the air. Every speck of dust you don't need is going to end up on top of your doors. The other tip is to use professional conversion varnish paint, two coats after primer. Find someone who will pick up the doors, paint offsite and deliver them back to you ready. As for the end boxes, Scherr sells cover panels to cover them, which can be painted to match in the same manner. That's what we did so we never had to do anything to the boxes themselves. We got an awesome product way cheaper than any ready cabinets would have been. IKEA has great functionality and structural integrity, and when you add custom doors, it's a win-win that doesn't look IKEA.

Yes! You rock!!

Everyone rocks on sharing their ideas. I'm going to look up Scherr's now too!

-OP

[Anonymous]

15:08 is almost right in everything, except that you don't need to strip ikea doors (and you shouldn't since they are not real wood). A light sanding and shellac based primer (sprayed) would suffice. In any event, the top coat should be sprayed professionally, as pp said.

[Anonymous]

I got custom doors for IKEA from Scherr's, which was considerably less expensive than semi handmade and Kokeena.

[Anonymous]

I went to Scherr's site - I like what I see. It seems like I can give them the kitchen planner designs and measurements and they will work with me to do the doors. Based on their site, I might do a vanity for our bath too!