Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Sep 10, 2010 9:01 pm Per the title - wondering if anyone here has experience with updating their cabinets with White Knight laminate paint? If so, I would love to hear any tips or tricks since I'm a complete novice (even if your tip is "don't do it yourself!" - ha!) I've never even removed a cupboard door let alone attempted to paint one. I have a lot of time up my sleeve to do it carefully, though... so I' like to try. My kitchen is a very 1990s creamy beige with plastic knobs. I want to update the cabinets to white, and I've picked some nice new satin chrome cabinet and drawer knobs. We were also considering using the White Knight tile paint and grout pen to update our splashback (also currently cream). As I understand it, the tile paint and laminate paint are the same type of paint, but the tile paint is high gloss and the laminate paint dries with satin finish... but the two could be interchanged if desired. True? (Not that I think I want to attempt high-gloss cabinets... just curious more than anything). Apparently the paints take a couple of days to completely dry. How does one manage to keep dust off? I can remove cupboard doors, paint in my garage and return when dry, but even my garage may have some dust floating about... Also very keen to know how hard-wearing this paint is over a few years. Our kitchen doesn't sustain TOO much traffic... but I'd like to think it might still look OK when we come to sell the house in around 4 - 5 years time. Any help appreciated!! Re: Anyone used White Knight laminate (or tile) paint? 2Sep 11, 2010 6:57 am Hi My husband updated the bathroom at our old house with the WK tile paint. Here's some before and after shots (I think I must have taken the photo just before he was about to start cos the products are in the photo - lol): Before: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ After: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ As for the hard wearing of it, I think we lived with it in the bathroom for 2 years before selling and it didn't peel at all. I loved it cos I didn't have to scrub the shower tiles as no mould, grime or residue built up on the tile paint. There is a detailed description of how to DIY on the products. Maybe check the product labels to see if it what you are after. HTH Re: Anyone used White Knight laminate (or tile) paint? 4Sep 11, 2010 9:31 am Hi grinder grinder BTW is it satin finish? I would say more a high gloss finish to the tiles. Not sure, perhaps you can get a satin finish etc. I think WK have a website and there are brochures at bunnings of their products. I remember getting one with all the colours available. grinder What parts he done apart from the vanity and tiled walls? The vanity wasn't painted. It was just the tiled walls that were painted with the tile paint. We were going to try out a tile paint for the floor, but never got around to it before selling. Also, we were a bit "iffy" as to how well it would wear with foot traffic and mopping etc. Re: Anyone used White Knight laminate (or tile) paint? 5Sep 11, 2010 8:53 pm Thanks n&n02!! That's a great result. I too have wondered about painting floor tiles and how it would go with floor traffic. Luckily in our current house I don't think we'll need to. Can I ask if the wall tiles you painted had a raised pattern? As it looks like (from the 'before' photos) your hubby used a little roller to apply... mostly I was wondering if the roller would apply OK over a slightly raised pattern. Still would LOVE to hear from anuyone who has used the WK laminate paint to update cabinets... ... though after your post, n&n02, I'm feeling confident of a pretty good result. This seems like a quality product and shouldn't be too hard (even for the likes of me!) Re: Anyone used White Knight laminate (or tile) paint? 6Sep 11, 2010 10:18 pm Hi I decided to do my shower at 37 weeks pregnant which wasn't a good idea on a number of levels. I gave the shower what I thought was a thorough clean and then painted it. It wasn't tiles though but some kind of sheeting. Well it peeled off very quickly. I then stripped it and the next time I used the white knight tile and laminate cleaner first. I did a test section and I couldn't budge it off even after hitting it with a screwdriver. I then did the rest of the shower and the bathroom and it was still going strong when we replaced the bathroom 3 yrs later.definitely use their cleaner first!! Re: Anyone used White Knight laminate (or tile) paint? 7Sep 11, 2010 10:38 pm donnam, you made me laugh! Don't we get some crazy ideas when we're pregnant?? I too am guilty of being an over-ambtious and over zealous nester Can't say I've attempted painting a shower while pregnant yet... but I could tell some stories... ANYWAY - that's another thread for another time! Thanks for the feedback, though... I saw the laminate cleaner product on the site... looks like a worthwhile investment for sure! Well, by all accounts, this is a product that will last the test of time. Seems I don't need to worry about how hard wearing it is... (until I hear any stories to the contrary, that is!) Thanks again people. Re: Anyone used White Knight laminate (or tile) paint? 8Sep 12, 2010 11:52 am TeeVee Can I ask if the wall tiles you painted had a raised pattern? As it looks like (from the 'before' photos) your hubby used a little roller to apply... mostly I was wondering if the roller would apply OK over a slightly raised pattern. Yep, the tiles we had were also a raised pattern so using the roller brush should not be a problem. Good luck! Re: Anyone used White Knight laminate (or tile) paint? 9Sep 12, 2010 10:58 pm BTW I just seen pics posted in another forum this guy made a whole reno of the cabinets and benchtop I am quite impressive cause he saved quite a few bobs http://www.*.com/f200/kitchen-reno-using-laminate-paint-93041/ Re: Anyone used White Knight laminate (or tile) paint? 10Sep 12, 2010 11:12 pm Thanks Grinder! That guy's after shots are impressive! So he reckons it was subject to a few scratches... shame. My daughter rides her trike inside (yeah, I know! But the backyard hasn't been landscaped yet so I'm grinning and bearing it for now) so I can't really prevent the cabinets getting bumped a bit. 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