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LisaW
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Painting kitchen before or after cabinet installation?
Which is the "norm"?
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TJLealand3
LIF Adolescent
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Thomas
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Re: Painting kitchen before or after cabinet installation?
Paint first.
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| Posted 8/7/07 1:23 PM |
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Leeners
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Eileen
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Re: Painting kitchen before or after cabinet installation?
We painted first. I had to touch up a little here and there where DH nicked the walls during installation but there's nothing easier to paint than a big blank wall.
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| Posted 8/7/07 1:28 PM |
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SweetTooth
I'm a tired mommy!
Member since 12/05 20105 total posts
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Lauren
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Re: Painting kitchen before or after cabinet installation?
we painted before.
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| Posted 8/7/07 1:40 PM |
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hazeleyes33
LIF Adult
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Ginger
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Re: Painting kitchen before or after cabinet installation?
We painted after
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| Posted 8/7/07 1:41 PM |
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Re: Painting kitchen before or after cabinet installation?
paint first, so the cabinets aren't obstacles.... it goes much faster, and the cabinets won't accidentally get any paint on them...
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| Posted 8/7/07 2:20 PM |
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curliegirl
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Gina
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Re: Painting kitchen before or after cabinet installation?
We are doing the painting first.
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| Posted 8/7/07 2:26 PM |
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PotofLuck06
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Betsy
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Re: Painting kitchen before or after cabinet installation?
Paint first.
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| Posted 8/7/07 2:32 PM |
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hazeleyes33
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Ginger
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Re: Painting kitchen before or after cabinet installation?
Can I ask why everyone is painting before? Do you have alot of area that will be shown? I wouldn't have wasted all that paint when we ony painted above the cabinets.
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| Posted 8/7/07 3:49 PM |
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melbalalala
Little Lady
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Melissa
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Re: Painting kitchen before or after cabinet installation?
Posted by hazeleyes33
Can I ask why everyone is painting before? Do you have alot of area that will be shown? I wouldn't have wasted all that paint when we ony painted above the cabinets.
You dont necessarily have to paint the entire area behind the cabinet... just what you know will show. It will just save a HECK of alot of effort with blue-taping things up, being overly cautious about getting paint on the cabinets, etc.
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| Posted 8/7/07 3:58 PM |
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hazeleyes33
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Re: Painting kitchen before or after cabinet installation?
Posted by melbalalala
Posted by hazeleyes33
Can I ask why everyone is painting before? Do you have alot of area that will be shown? I wouldn't have wasted all that paint when we ony painted above the cabinets.
You dont necessarily have to paint the entire area behind the cabinet... just what you know will show. It will just save a HECK of alot of effort with blue-taping things up, being overly cautious about getting paint on the cabinets, etc.
We had NO clue where everything would lay out so we had to wait until the end. We had everything gutted and redone.
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| Posted 8/7/07 3:59 PM |
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TJLealand3
LIF Adolescent
Member since 6/07 839 total posts
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Thomas
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Re: Painting kitchen before or after cabinet installation?
I'd rather spend a little on paint then mask the cabinets
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| Posted 8/7/07 7:18 PM |
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BabyBoy
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Member since 5/05 4189 total posts
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Tom
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Re: Painting kitchen before or after cabinet installation?
Posted by TJLealand3
I'd rather spend a little on paint then mask the cabinets
yup...its more work if they are up already.
if you have the time to do it before they go up, you paint...
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| Posted 8/7/07 7:32 PM |
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SweetTooth
I'm a tired mommy!
Member since 12/05 20105 total posts
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Re: Painting kitchen before or after cabinet installation?
Posted by melbalalala
Posted by hazeleyes33
Can I ask why everyone is painting before? Do you have alot of area that will be shown? I wouldn't have wasted all that paint when we ony painted above the cabinets.
You dont necessarily have to paint the entire area behind the cabinet... just what you know will show. It will just save a HECK of alot of effort with blue-taping things up, being overly cautious about getting paint on the cabinets, etc.
Thats what we did - we knew pretty much where the cabinets and appliances were going to be so we only painted the middle of the wall, you can see in this picture
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| Posted 8/7/07 8:52 PM |
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