Contact Paper Issues

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What do you do with kitchen cabinets that need to be painted inside and out but the shelves are covered with very oooooold vinyl contact paper. It would be hell to try to remove it (many shelves), it is ugly to paint over it, and tacky to cover over it with new contact paper. Is there an easy way to remove it that I don't know about? Even if we did get it off, what about the glue residue? The house is being placed on the market, so the HO does not want to invest too much in this problem, but it is in a very wealthy area, so it should look nice. Please! Any suggestions would be welcome. What would you do?


Thank you.

slickshift

Remove the covering and associated gook
Prime and paint (quality enamel)
Too bad
Yup
Yup
Nope
Remove it...it can be done
Questionable shelves, use a solvent based primer...which would probably be the proper one anyway/regardless
Tough crap
Do it right, or replace the shelves
Do it right, or replace the shelves


If it's that bad, really, "too much work" to properly clean and prep, it would more than likely be cost effective to replace the shelves

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Originally Posted by ModernStyle I have never used this crap before and I pray to the paint gods that I never have to use it again, I would rather use Behr

Leo G

Use MEK to remove it. Nasty stuff, yes. Will it remove it, yes. If the glue remains use acetone. Nasty stuff, yes. Will it remove the glue, yes. I would suggest some nitrile gloves and a respirator.

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