To clean grease off kitchen cabinets before you paint them we like to spray down all surfaces with Krud Kutter and then scrub them really well. 

To make it a bit easier we use brushes that you can attach to a drill or impact driver.

These brushes have soft, medium, and coarse bristles.

Depending on the condition of the cabinets we usually stick to the medium and coarse bristles.

After scrubbing all surfaces really well we wipe them down with a  clean and wet rag.

 Just to make sure there are no Suds or cleaner residue left on the surface.

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