Is there a way I can renew oak kitchen cabinets by steaming, painting, etc.?

Hi. My Oak kitchen cabinets are chipping off and the paint is rusting, so can I steam the, to be a different color or something? Please Help!

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1. You can strip the old paint off and repaint them, strip and leave a wood finish, or varnish the wood. It depends on what you like or want to do. You can sand the old paint and paint over it too. Time Life pt out some pretty good do-it-yourself books that'll give you a good idea of how to do it and what's involved. By the way, I don't think paint can rust.
2. Give your cabinets a good cleaning with TSP, a very strong powdered cleaning product. I'm not sure what you mean by the paint rusting... When the cabinets are completely clean, you can decide what you want to do...paint, revarnish, etc. I just painted my wooden kitchen cabinets. It is a very time consuming job, but well worth the effort.