If you are referring to painting Formica, you can. I have done this several times with great success. Very important, you must either sand the surface very well with a semi-fine sand paper, (very time consuming) or use liquid sand according to the directions, or you can use a de-glosser. I’ve done them all. Prime with a good quality primer and then you can paint it. Another option is to paint the body and trim of the cabinets and replace the doors.