Painting or varnishing cabinet doors

[amdby]

Hi, has anyone here successfully painted or stained the doors of the wardrobe and kitchen. Mine are pretty scratched. Thanks

 

[Jay20cali]

But there not actual wood
There aero grade aluminium ?

 

[jeff]

Don't think paint would stick to the surface very well. Fablon might be the best to use .

 

[Digger]

Why not get a quote from a company that does vehicle wrapping? That would look something as colours etc could be great.

 

[briwy]

Probably need an etching primer before painting

 

[sapto]

I put a cheap film on them to update it but I had to do „everything“
Here you can see the original coulor and the new film:

 

[jeff]

Etching primer is for bare aluminium, if you went down the painting way probably use a Zinsser bin primer in a red tin.

 

[Keith Smith]

Zinsser BIN will prime most things but I'm not sure that you could paint these doors and achieve a good result as they have a textured finish. Plus once you have started there is no going back! A film would be the best option if it's so bad you need to do something about it.

 

[MattBW]

There are a few threads on here somewhere of someone hand painting the panel to cover up the damage. Looked great after.