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Kitchen cabinet refacing, no need to remove old veneerThere is no need to remove the old veneer from your kitchen cabinets before you reface them with pressure sensitive veneer if the old veneer is in good shape and stuck tight. |
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Kitchen cabinet refacing, no need to remove old veneerEmail question:
I've been through the kitchen cabinet refacing pages and am almost convinced I could do it. The thing is, my cabinets have an ugly veneer already on them. How do I get that off to get down to wood that I can work over?
Email reply: Hi Ben No need to remove the old veneerNo need to remove the old veneer if it's stuck good and sound it'll make an ideal base for the new veneer. Remove the old finishIt's best to remove the old finish from the old veneer to give a good wood surface to bond to. After you remove the finish give the surface a light sanding and clean up the sanding dust with a tack cloth. There isn't much to surface preparation, but it's one of the most important steps for a good tight bond of the new veneer. Fill chips and missing veneerIf you have chips or areas of missing veneer you can fill the area with wood filler and sand it smooth. Most kitchen cabinets are made with pre-veneered laminated wood (particle board in some cases) and the hardwood veneer is rolled onto the laminated wood with terrifically high pressure and in most cases you would damage the wood underneath trying to remove the veneer. Pressure sensitive veneerThe pressure sensitive veneer makes kitchen cabinet refacing almost as easy as applying a pre-glued stamp to an envelope. Although you won't be applying the new veneer at the same amount of pressure, the glue used and rolling and tapping will stick the new veneer tight enough to last for a lifetime. Save hundreds or thousands doing it yourselfDoing the job yourself will cost you a few hundred dollars for same as new cabinets as compared to a couple of thousand to have someone else do it or several thousand for replacement cabinets. The best part is admiring the work you did yourself and showing it to friends. Tom  |
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