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Repaint Kitchen Cabinets, Refinish Kitchen Cabinets, Reface Kitchen CupboardsThere are many ways to rejuvenate your kitchen cabinets. Some ways are very inexpensive and some will cost more depending on the tools you have, but even the most expensive (buying the necessary tools) will cost a fraction of the cost of new cabinets and you have the benefit of some new tools for other projects. | |||
Prepare Your Kitchen Cabinets
There are holes to nail or screw the brackets to the 2 x 4s. I
always used screws so a leg could be replaced as necessary. Two eight foot 2 x
4s set between two sawhorses will give ample work area to set up several
kitchen cabinet doors at a time. Get the cheapest 2 x 4s that you can, they may
be irregular, but they don't need to be pretty. Mark the doors
Remove the kitchen cabinet doors including the Hinges from the cupboard fronts
and lay them on your sawhorse work table and remove the rest of the hardware.
While you have the cabinet hardware
If you're a wife, the preparation is definitely a benefit and will save time, but you'll probably have to clean up the final mess in either case. Clean the Surfaces of Your Kitchen CabinetsBefore you scowl at me too hard, I know you keep your kitchen cabinets clean, but hygienically clean isn't always enough for redoing kitchen cabinets. No matter how well your kitchen is ventilated or how healthy your diet and cooking are, there is always a small amount of residue on the surface of your kitchen cabinets. If you like bacon and eggs for breakfast, a fried hamburger for lunch and a fried or broiled steak for dinner, then there is a bunch of residue. One little pin head of grease will cause a clear finish or paint to make a little crater with ridges and no matter how you coax the crater won't fill until the grease is gone. Prelude Furniture Cleaner and Orange Oil are two of the best cleaners for removing the unseen greasy residue that can be harmful to a kitchen cabinet painting job. Besides doing a good job of cleaning, the Orange Oil gives a pleasant scent of a freshly peeled orange. It's always a good idea to try new chemicals in a small area first. Repaint Kitchen CupboardsIf the old finish, either paint or clear finish is sound and attached firmly to the surface, use it as a base for painting, it will save hours of work building it up to the point where it is now and will generally give a smooth base surface.
One tried and true method for painting kitchen cabinets, after a thorough
cleaning, use a liquid deglosser Metal Kitchen CabinetsThe above methods work equally well on metal kitchen cabinets. In fact, you will save yourself a huge amount of frustration it you don't strip the old finish off of metal kitchen cabinets, but use several coats of Kilz primer, sanding between coats, on chips and scratches, until they are feathered and smooth with the surrounding area. Just use the primer where it's necessary, not over the whole area. Other Kitchen Cabinet FinishesOther methods of redoing your kitchen cabinets will be covered on separate pages. ![]() Drawer Hardware We're proud to be an affialiate of DickBlick
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