Here is my Rustoleum Cabinet Transformations Kit Review

Now that the counter top have been transformed it was time to recondition the cabinet’s with a Rustoleum cabinet transformations kit.  This kit was also purchased on Amazon.  The old cabinet’s were the original from when the home was built in 1980 and are in good condition but the look is outdated. So here is my Rustoleum Cabinet Transformations Review.

After reviewing the CD instructions that came with the kit, we set up a work station in the garage and organized the contents of the kit.
Again the instruction were well written and easy to follow. We created a diagram of all drawers and cabinet doors prior to removing them. Then a trip to Lowes to have the base coat color mixed in and to pick out new cabinet knobs and we were ready to begin.

Using the de-glosser  we found easier to use once a putty knife was used first to scrape off the old lacquer, then the rest wiped off fairly easily.  The two coats of base coat are very easy to apply and each coat dried quickly. Three brushes were used for painting and each were washed regularly to prevent them from loading up too thick.

We did find it difficult when the top coat was ready to be applied. Like the instruction state, it does dry quickly and you can’t go over it again to smooth it out with out it gummy up.  Cabinet drawers are easy since there are not as many detail areas to do, but our cabinet doors were a different story. It seemed like once you were done with one part of a door that was close to another part that already had top coat on it, the transition area between became difficult to blend. Our weather was mid 70's and the top coat still dried faster than we could blend it. Again we  kept our brushes very clean and rotated through them.

Overall, with this being the first time doing this this project we are very happy with the outcome. For anyone with more time than money, I would highly recommend this product to. The people we invited over to see the cabinets were impressed with the outcome and couldn’t see the flaws until they were pointed out.

With the extra material left over, we decided to match the a joining laundry room cabinets and custom made pull out shelve between the two machines.

Tags: Rustoleum

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