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How to touch up chipped areas on Youngstown Metal Kitchen Cabinets?

I have old metal kitchen cabinets, believe them to be Youngstown. They were repainted about 5+ years ago and now have chips on the edges of the drawers and cabinet doors. Is there a way to just touch up the chipped places without having to paint the entire front of the drawers and cabinet doors? What work and time does this require?

Kay Tyson
homeowner - St Louis, Missouri
2003

Hi, Kay. Getting a match would be difficult because of the thickness difference, the cliff, separating the existing paint from the new paint.

You might be better off sanding off any loose paint, then sanding to reduce that cliff effect and change it to a gentle rise, then prime the bare areas, and paint the whole cabinet, shooting for a useful life of 10 or 15 years instead of 5. Good luck.

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Ted Mooney, P.E.
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