How to Finish Plywood Cabinets: Inside & Out | Sealing Plywood / Edge Banding / Painting Plywood
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- In this woodworking video I’ll show you how to finish plywood cabinets inside and out. I’ll show you how to finish the inside of cabinet drawers, including all about sealing plywood and how to make “prefinished plywood”, as well as edge banding plywood edges. I’ll also discuss painting plywood and show you how prep plywood edges for painting to get a smooth paint finish.
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1:33 Outside finish - Plywood painting
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I love how you go through the "I did this but it didn't work, so I did that" situation. I really appreciate that you show how you can do it wrong and how to fix it if you do. There are more of us very experienced woodworkers who do the same thing. Really like your videos so I subscribed.
Epistemological honesty!
Best advice I was given when painting our kitchen cabinets was from a particularly knowledgeable guy at a local Sherwin-Williams store. He suggested their Emerald line of paint along with their mohair rollers. The combination gave me an outstanding result. I think it’s as close to a spray finish as I could hope to achieve. I tried some mohair rollers from the local Home Depot and they did not perform as well, btw. Two years later the paint is holding up very well. Even around door and drawer pulls where fingers might contact the paint it’s fine, and washing away bits of kitchen spatter has not abraded the paint.
Thanks for the instruction. I have just built two drawer cabinets with 4 drawers each, which will support a 1" plywood top to form a modulat desk/workbench for my daughter, who makes jewellery. I looked up "Finishing drawers - and there you were! Now, I'm going out for wood filler and shellac. Good advice! Many thanks.
You are a very good teacher….. Love your channel. As a 53 yrs old newbie , your attention to the details to teach us is really amazing. Thank you !
Great video, Marie! I love that you show both the successes and failures and explain your thought process the entire way through!
I love your videos. I am a newbie at woodworking and have followed some of your methods in some of my builds. I appreciate how detailed you are with your instructions and how much easier you have made my woodworking journey. ❤️
Love that you showed what didn't work! Always so helpful for learning - thank you!
That finish on that plywood with shellac and polyurethane looks amazing!
I have used lots of different brands of paint. Sherwin Williams has never let me down👍🏻💥👊🏼
Will have to search for a local supplier!
I think you will be happy with it I have used just about all the box store paints. I just go to a sherwinwilliams store. But I think Lowe’s started carrying it. But not sure.
I really like this video because I’ve done almost the same steps to cover the plywood edges. I also use all purpose joint compound to cover the edges, prime and paint and I’m very satisfied with the results. I used chalk paint and paste-wax as the top finish on one of my projects and result was awesome. Polycrylic is also my favorite product for drawer interiors. Thanks for sharing this video!!
I have just finished painting my router table/cabinet build after watching this video and many more like it. I found that a good quality roller was good for putting the paint on, but left a very poor finish. However the tray and roller kit I bought had a short haired pad, and that did a fantastic job of smoothing the pain after I applied it with the roller.
This video made a subscriber out of me. Thank you so much for going through this in detail. I am a newbie and am getting ready to make my first dresser. I am confident you have just saved me tons of frustration. You are a great teacher.
Thank you for posting this video!! So many great tips and you filled in the missing pieces for me to finish my own project.
I know everyone is yapping in your ear ? I am a contractor/custom carpenter and spend a portion of my life sanding:). 1st off nice Sander :)
If you turn down your vacuum you will eliminate swirl marks, a few other things too!
Your a very good woodworker I sat thru two of your videos !
Your presentation is excellent. I been doing drawers for years but your system is now my new way. Thanks again!
Update: As a few viewers have suggested (thank you!), "laying off" or "tipping off" the paint after applying with a roller would likely have been the solution to the bubbles. Essentially the idea is to run a paint brush very gently across the surface immediately after you have applied the paint with a roller. This gives it a super smooth finish and helps it level out.
I just used this same paint on some built-ins I made. I was recommended to use a microfibre roller, and I got a great finish with two coats, also sanding to 320 in between. And yes, tipping off the paint can help. I didn't use a brush at all, but rather used my roller going in one direction only, and a very light touch (only the weight of the roller itself) to tip off the paint at the end. Hope this helps!
@@andrewjorgensen5568 what Kind of Paint did you use? :)
@@djVania08 The same paint.
Hi Marie. Thanks for your video! I just completed a similar project (a floating desk) but a month ago, I painted my kitchen cabinets. So, ideally, (I think, never have tried but hear great things about it) you spray paint your cabinet. But like you said, it was cold outside and even spraying outside in the summer could land dust/debris/dirt/bird poop on your project. Spraying indoors would be great but you gotta seal off an area or have a spray paint tent/polywrap a portion of your garage/workshop to catch the off spray. When I painted my kitchen cabinets, I used a 10 mm microfibre paint roller and got the same bumpiness. Terrible. I hate it and need/want to refinish it/fix it. At least, you used a 6 mm roller so your bumps aren't as deep. I just completed my floating desk project and to avoid the bumpiness, I used a foam roller. I usually try to stay away from a foam roller cuz it slides around and I've just always used microfibre but the finish is way better than the microfibre. Very smooth and barely noticeable bumps. So, unless you can spray paint, use a foam roller for next time. Hope that helps!
Andrew says use microfiber roller. Robert says no to microfiber roller!? Who is right?
I’ve found parchment paper between the iron and edge band works great. Thanks for sharing, great work!
I by no means am a strong maker. with that said I watch and listen to many many makers around the world. I saw from a fellow content maker, bourbonmoth. He had the same problem with painting his cabinets. He used a foam roller and it left air bubbles. So he follows it up with a brush stoke, very very light; just to break the bubbles. I have tried this a few times and it works well to remove this stubborn pot marks or orange peel effect. Love your content. Thank you so much
Yeah I saw his video too and went Doh! Wish he had posted that a few weeks earlier... Great tips in the video.
I am no professional, but I have been renting, maintaining and renovating houses most of my adult life and let me just say Behr was always junk and difficult to deal with. We have been a proud commercial account holder at Sherwin Williams for over a decade now and we absolutely love their paint. They give amazing prices on their paint commercial accounts and we literally have never been disappointed. I just finished an entire exterior of a 30x40 shop in a dark color and it looks like we pouring it on and it’s perfect. We used their top of the line Emerald series and I cannot explain how good it looks. Over the years I have used alot of brand, but SW is the best and most consistent. Also, the best finish / look we get on cabinets that outlast tenants is using an oil-based white gloss. The oil-based is incredible…hard to deal with, but incredible.
I have been using Sherwin Williams paints and stains professionally for over forty years, you can not go wrong with their permium line of products. Great channel, and keep up the great work.
Great video! We use Benjamin Moore advance on cabinets and trim all time. I recently used it on a metal radiator cover and with 3 coats it was perfect. It levels out beautifully and dries hard as rock. No orange peel.
i love that blue and gold... i think leaving some plywood exposed too would've added great contrast.
Always use mohair (knapped) roller for oil or alkyd paints. Foam roller for latex.
Always an OUTSTANDING job you do. 😊
this is legit one of the best reviews on finishing for a home gamer with minimal tools
That blue is super nice and love the contrast with the gold pulls... when you added those my 1st thought was ewe so 90's but with the blue it ties in beautifully. I never used Dap filler ive always just used titebond II on plywood edges apply like a glue up let air dry, sand paint no bleed through
Thank you for the tips. I just finished making my first drawer base and will definitely use your instructions for the wood filler. I plan on spraying my wood because I didn't want any brush lines or roller markings. I don't care the for orange peel look.
Love your channel!
I'm from Ontario and love that you are Canadian
This is a great video! I've been trying to figure out a good way to finish drawers for my kitchen. I'll be using this method now.
I had this same issue with the bubbles in the paint! It's because even though the layer you painted over is dry, it still holds a little bit of moisture. I used a heater and brought the room temperature up to 24 degrees celsius. I let the wood dry properly for a few hours. Then painted the new coat, and there were no bubbles in the paint!! Was so happy.
I bought a paint shelter (like a tent) that I can put up in my garage to spray paint my stuff now because of how disappointing lol the paints usually are. No overspray because of the tent, but make sure you have a good fume/particle respirator and goggles!
Great video. I have been building cabinets for a look time and one of best cabinet paint I use is Benjamin Moore Advance. Spray or brush the end results have always been fantastic and the customers are always pleased.
Canadian AF, it’s nice to see other Canuks on RUclips. 👍
You should look into using a card scraper. It leaves a much smoother surface than sandpaper. And it is used to build up a beautiful finish. You apply one layer of varnish or paint, let it fully dry and then use the card scraper to flatten the surface. Then you add another layer, let it dry and scrape. And again etc. Any tiny holes will be filled with varnish or paint. The last layer you apply, you thin the varnish or paint a little. This will make it very easy to apply with a paintbrush. Because it has been thinned, the brush streaks will vanish and the surface will be as smooth as silk. Shellac needs about 8 layers when doing this. Paint depends on the type. My favourite varnish for cabinets, are Epifanes clear or mat finish. It just leaves such a beautiful result. And remember the card scraper has to be sharpened correctly. Else the result will not be good. There are plenty of videos, on RUclips, which shows how to do it.
Nice tips, thanks for sharing. Never thought of using a card scraper for this application. I would definitely need more experience with it I'm sure before trying this.
@@DIYMontreal I second the card scraper. I have only done it a couple of times, but I find it a lot more satisfying over sanding, as long as the card is clean and sharp. I'm not sure how well it would work on plywood edges, but I enjoyed using it on board faces. Give it a try!
@@nefariousyawn Will do! I have a card scraper sitting in the package still.... It's about time I tried it out.
Amazing video! Thank you for being humble to share your missteps. I feel like you saved me from making the same mistakes with your details. I'm officially a subscriber!
Blue looks good.
I always enjoy your videos and find them quite informative. I have the attention span of a gnat but I never find myself fast forwarding. Thanks for sharing!!
Awesome thanks! It's great to hear that. Definitely don't want to be boring!
Thank you for your honesty in this video. I often watch these videos and then try to make it in the same way only to find so many mistakes. I appreciate you finding errors and fixing them in the moment. That makes me feel better about my own mistakes! This is my first video with you but I started following you based on your honesty!
Agreed. Nice to see the imperfections we all experience at some point. Excellent tips btw.
Despite your dissatisfaction with the orange-peel, I still think it came out great and that you did a really nice job. Seeing things that don't turn out the way one hopes is just as valuable as seeing what works. Thanks for the great video!
I took Cabinetmaking in college (many years ago now) and we were taught to use a sharp chisel and files for trimming up edge banding. A single cut file going with the grain along the lengths, and then putting the piece upside down and using the chisel and mallet to cleaning cut the ends square. Then break edges afterwards during sanding
Yep. Block plane blade works well too. Blade sharpness is key and likely the cause of the tearing after a few uses of that trimmer.
Excellent info, thanks for passing it along! I must admit I'm not too handy with a chisel (mostly because I haven't practiced my sharpening much, hence have dull chisels). I look forward to trying these techniques next time, thanks!
Marie, I recently painted a plywood cabinet for my drill press. I used interior latex with a flac roller and i got a smooth finish. You may have some issues with the formulation of paint that you used but in my limited experience the flac roller produced a smooth finish. I got my roller at Lowes. Thank you for this video and best regards.
The best video explaining everything! Wow! Thank you so much.
I finish cabinets in kitchens, foam roller is good to get flat. If you want the best finish you'll need to start with the best primer. I use zinser bullseye primer, sand to 220, clean with air blower. Then I spray the finish on to the surface for the fronts of cabinets, and roll the cabinets boxes since they are usually in place.
Temperature, the paint self levels and needs at least 65 degrees to flow to the flat finish. If you can't get that to happen in the second coat use floetrol additive.
I've used every single paint, enamel is the best, emerald from Sherwin Williams will get you a candy like shell you are looking for with the techniques above. Final steps are to use 320 block sander to knock down anything and smooth the finish.
Fantastic ! Thank you . Greatly appreciated for showing this video
One of the problems of micro bubble is painting when temperature is below about 60degrees. May not be due to the paint itself. Also, alkyd paints are good for shelves as it doesn’t cause the stickiness on the surface, especially bookshelves. Great videos. Enjoyed them
Great video and thank you so much for the step-by-step regarding finishing the inside of your drawers and I'm presuming the process would be the same for the inside of the cabinet.
Beautiful, well explained. Love your videos. On my side, I used a microfiber ultra fine mini roller and rust oleum above the water marine paint on my home made teardrop camper… most people think that it was sprayed.
Super informative and great job done. Thank you very much for sharing this experience.
Thank you so much, this was super helpful with a project I have ongoing right now. Cheers!
Great looking cabinet. Spray painting is always the best. Short pile roller and laying off with a brush good too but needs very good brush with tapered synthetic filaments. I once painted a cabinet 6 times... After a few weeks with the cabinet in use, I stopped caring it wasn't perfect.
They turned out great thanks for sharing
I've gotten excellent results with general finishes milk paint & a good brush on my cabinets. Leveled out smoothly with no brush marks.
Nice job on the plywood cabinets Marie! Thanks for sharing the video with us!💖👌👍😎JP
It isn’t the paint, it’s the painter. I have and I’m currently using Behr cabinet & trim paint for all my doors and trim in my house for max wear resistance. I put a little floetrol in the paint and brushed my trim. My crown molding looks like I sprayed it! The doors were sprayed outside and look perfect with a LVLP spray gun from harbor freight and a pancake compressor.
FWIW, there is a boat finishing process (I think it is called roll & tip) where you roll on the paint (in sections) the take a "dry" paintbrush and very lightly go over the rolled on paint to get rid of the texture. I discovered this AFTER I used a roller to paint an exterior door. It actually works pretty well if you "tip" the paint after each small section while the paint is still quite wet. Used this method on a different door and was surprised at how good it looked afterward. The brush doesn't have to be completely dry, just don't put it in your paint.
Wow! Thank you for your help tip!
Had the same issue with that ugly paint from Home Depot and after reading on internet I found that paint had a tendency to get lot of foam and they use a chemical to avoid that reaction but as this chemical is expensive sometimes they put less leading to that nasty paint full or micro bubbles. Never ever will buy that paint again 😡. Thanks for your videos, really good content!
I felt your pain when you said "this sucks!" . Thanks for leaving this part of the process in the video.
I ran into the same problem you did with the paint being rough and looking like orange peel. I would recommend spraying with an hvlp, I know you mentioned you didn’t like doing it indoors but the trade off is so worth it. Just make sure you take the time to cover all your tools and cabinets that you don’t want overspray on. Overall great video, I like your thought process And explanation!
Perfect perfect video!! Exactly what I needed. Thanks so much
Unless you try out the innovations, you cannot learn something new. And you are always working to teach innovations. And you always produce innovative studies and ideas. Thank you for sharing. See you. greetings.
I appreciate that!
Great job and looks beautiful
love that blue.. same color as my house siding.. Pacific blue
Great tips. Thank you for making this.
After you roll the paint and it is still wet, use a paint brush to level out the paint. Just lightly brush it in one direction. I do this on interior doors and trim all the time.
Ok interesting, but won't the brush marks show?
@@DIYMontreal I was using a thicker latex and it did not show any brush marks.
@@WoodnMetalShoppe OK I see. I'll give it a try on my second cabinet and see.
@@DIYMontreal no this technique is often used in painting boats and they call it tipping off there. Try to find a brush with badger hair or what they call a laying off brush in paint shops, roll in 1 direction then use the brush the opposite direction to tip off the paint :)
@@DIYMontreal technology in the paint supposed to level itself out.
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Lovely lovely absolutely wonderful.
Bravo great job Marie.
really good video, informative and to the point and no waffle. Thanks Alan UK
Such Great info..Thanks!
Great quality work there!
Really Good job 💪🏻 i love this finish.
Such a beautiful colour 😀
Excellent advice and tips! thank you for this video.
You bet 👍
What a lovely colour
great episode, thank you for sharing
Hello Marie. great video. thank you. Diluting the paint will help eliminate the bubbles. not too much. i go for 80/20 paint thinner. try it on a scrap piece and you will notice much less bubbles. the last coat must be diluted to 40 or 50%. you might need to do 4 coats in total. that is how i always did it. test it.
Thank you so much.
Exactly what i was looking for
Right ON girl! Block sanding the edges. Keeps the surface flat and corners square. As far as priming...... THREE reasons: Third, the primer/sealer raises all the hair/fibers from the wood surface and locks them into place so that once you sand the primer/sealer, they won't raise up again when spraying your finish coat. Yes, the bubbles are from your roller being foam. Great call. Use tape to get rid of the loose fibers first on your woven roller.
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That is awesome!
Thank you so much!
Never had a problem with this brand of paint.
No edge banding for me. Excellent video, thanks.
This was a very interesting video for me, especially about using the foam brush with the varathane. The other comments on 'tipping off' were also very useful. Gratz. Glad you got the heater ;-)
@Hello John how are you doing?
Te quedo muy padre!
El color me encantó! Y las terminaciones muy bien detalladas.
Te felicito un excelente trabajo!
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Part of the issue may have been the temps. Even with the space heater I imagine it was still pretty cold. The colder the paint the thicker the paint, and less inclined it will be to self-level. Also, while more so for spraying/pouring, you might consider a paint conditioner like Floetrol which can significantly improve the finish as well.
It's odd because I found this paint so watery. But temp may be the issue indeed if it affect the self-leveling...
@@DIYMontreal Have you tested with a heat gun? I'm planning to paint some cabinets and just finished resurfacing a bath tub with epoxy. The heat gun helped get all the bubbles out of the epoxy after pouring it on the tub. Wondering if that might be useful when I start painting.
this is a fantastic video. thank you.
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Pick up the flat, 2-element radiant heater from Princess. You’ll love it.
Hang it just above head height pointing down slightly. Instant heat. It warms you and your tools - not the air. Much more efficient power wise.
I’ve spent hours in my cold garage waiting for a space heater to even make any difference at all. Now I can flip one or 2 radiant heaters on and start work immediately. Now I don’t mind working on my garage shop even in Jan and Feb.
@Hello Paul how are you doing?
I use the Behr enamel all the time in the shop. It’s best sprayed for doors and drawer fronts but carcass and faces come out great when you lightly brush after using the roller. Just drag the tip lightly across the surface and it’s money.
I have left over acrylic Behr matt for my wall. Sprayed it lightly in two coats over primer coat on MDF and it's come out so smooth. Only the MDF and primer coat was sanded to 220
thank you for the video! learned a lot good experience!
Awesome job young lady
Second time home owner (but first time garage owner) here, from a long line of home builders; I swear: sawdust is in my veins. Now that I've got a garage (two car, and one tiny hatchback), oh my goodness, I feel like I'm falling into a dream. Maybe a bit of an overwhelming one, but a dream nonetheless. I am so tickled to have found your channel! I love your personality, presentation, and teaching style. Have you ever done any consulting work? Like, could I hire you for a 1-2hr web consult to go over my skills, ambitions, etc., and have you help me come up with a gameplan for a home shop? The more I watch, the more I want (go figure) - but I need some help figuring out how to plan for where I'm at now, but in a way that can scale as time and budgets allow. Regardless, excellent, excellent info all around and thank you so much for sharing your brand of you with the world!
I use that exact same trim and cabinet paint and I've found the same problem with bubbles. One thing I've noticed is that they seem to happen when I've shaken the paint (or had it mixed at the store) instead of stirring it. I'm sure that the paint brush trick would help as well, but a slow, consistent stir instead of a vigorous shake should fix the majority of your issues. Cabinets came out looking great!
Easy to understand
Great tips and insights! Will try the DAP grain filler and shellac.
Awesome, enjoy!
Awesome content!
Pretty awesome video! Thanks for sharing this
Glad you enjoyed it!
very helpful. Thank you
good job! even if you didn't want to achieve this, I really like the orange peel finish 😅
I recently had a paint failure with Behr Ceiling Paint... micro bubbles. Sprayed with airless, but further testing revealed that it was happening with a roller too. When I went to return the paint I noticed 3 others had recently been returned also. It sucks, but new paint was the solution.