Tsp cleaner before painting

How to Clean Surfaces With TSP: Before you start painting with your new color, you'll need to clean the surface so that paint will better adhere to the wall. We've got something that can help you clean those walls quickly, without too much effort. We advise taking a sponge and tri…

How to clean your kitchen cabinets with TSP. The importance of prepping your cabinets before painting them. DIY Kitchen renovation as part of the One Room Challenge

We all love Chalk Paint® because there is minimal prep work. No priming, sanding, or striping. Beautiful, beautiful words in a painte...

People often use the well-known TSP cleaner to remove paint and clean surfaces before applying paint. When using TSP, you will want to put safety measures in place. Using an alternative to TSP keeps you and the environment from the problems TSP can present when cleaning walls for painting.

Washing the walls can save you money and time in a painting project. Here are some tips to help you wash the walls.

How to paint cabinets by hand using a brush and foam roller

These are my top picks for the best degreaser to use for kitchen cabinet painting. All four are products I use for my own cabinet painting projects.

The other night I was sitting at my laptop and bloghopping away, looking at beautiful, white kitchens but thinking I’d just wait till spring to paint my kitchen cabinets, ( although I really want them done) then I visited Traci from Beneath My Heart, the title of her post really caught my eye, she said she was going to put her big girl panties on and do a makeover on her kitchen! Well, I thought, “Rondell, you are so lazy, here she is taking the cabinets off her wall by herself, I might add…

Last summer, we decided to paint our kitchen cabinets which led to painting and re-building our entertainment center, painting our built-in bookcases and mantel, ripping out the tile and installing a laminate floor, and all sorts of other projects. We bought our 1984 house 18 months ago and it had a TON of honey oak cabinets everywhere. After about 6 months I couldn't take it anymore and decided to paint all the honey oak in the kitchen-greatroom. Here are the Before and Afters: One of my…

Every kitchen eventually reaches the point at which it looks worn-out. Everyone is well aware that kitchen remodeling is costly and inconvenient. However, a simple and low-cost alternative is to paint the cabinets.