Kitchen Painting Kit – Blog by Lee Simone
One of my latest projects was to create a ‘Shabby Chic’ finish on a wooden kitchen near Barnard Castle. The kitchen itself had been hand crafted by a local joiner many moons ago and was made from some 150 year old pine that used to make up the pews of local church.
The kitchen painting kit you need for any project goes a bit beyond a brush, a roller and a tin of paint – there’s a lot of kit required and a lot of planning, if you’re going to do the job right and get the best possible finish.
Here’s a picture of all the kitchen painting kit and caboodle I needed to complete the ‘Shabby Chic’ kitchen. The essential kit remains the same for any kitchen project though paints, primers and brushes may change. The most noticeable differences to my normal kit for a distressed or ‘Shabby Chic’ finsh are the tea lights (for the wax barrier stage), the Zinsser Bin 123 primer, the butter muslin, the tubed oil paint and the oil glaze. Below is a list of all the kit i used and a few useful links on where you can buy it.
List of Kit –
Vacuum cleaner with bristle attachment
Platform Ladders
Stereo with Audio Book
Fisherman’s small foldable seat
Mini screwdriver and tool kit
White spirit
Matt emulsion
Zinsser 1-2-3
Ratcliffes Oil Glaze
Tubed oil paint
2 Grades of filler
Sandpaper, between coats, pads, 120 & 180 grit
1200 lining paper
Trays
Mini roller handles
High density mini foam rollers
Multi-tool
Scalpel
Putty knife
Filler knife
Various Brushes –
2 x 1.5” Purdy Monarch Elite
1 x 2” Purdy Monarch Elite
0.75” Nylon artist brush
0.25″ Nylon artist brush
Small stipple brush
Large stipple brush
6” dusting brush
Hog hair brush
Cloths
Butter muslin
Caulk & gun
Vinyl gloves
Tea lights
Bin bags
1.5” Masking tape
2 x 3M Edge Lock Tape
Face mask
Yup it’s a fair bit of stuff but the kitchen turned out beautifully and the clients were very happy with the transformation and the finish achieved :-). I will be writing a Blog on the whole project soon but in the mean time here’s a sneak peak at a couple of before and after pics.
Before
After
