Refurbishing Old Kitchen Cabinet Doors

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Refurbishing old kitchen cabinet doors.

Easily renew wood cabinets without actually refinishing. Cabinet refacing or resurfacing involves replacing the old doors and drawer faces with brand new doors and drawer faces. It looks hopeless but with new doors and enameled cabinet boxes you can create a whole new kitchen without the huge expense of replacing everything. Practical cabinets can mean the distinction in between a kitchen that works.

Heat water grease and food residue can take their toll on your kitchen cabinets. At the beginning of both projects a service provider will safely remove all cabinet fronts doors and hardware leaving only the frame on the walls. That sweet old woman you bought your house from is truly wonderful really she is especially the way she gave out homemade cookies during the holidays. Before you refinish your kitchen cabinets empty the cabinets completely then remove the cabinet doors shelves and any hardware.

All it takes is a little elbow grease and you ll have a whole new look for your kitchen. I wanted to refinish them without all the work and cost of actual refinishing. What s old may be new again but those grease caked kid scratched cabinets have to go. You might be surprised what a good scrubbing can do.

When you re ready to clean your cabinets follow these steps. I found products at home depot. While cabinet refinishing and cabinet refacing provide similar results the process of how the cabinets receive their facelift is different. To refurbish kitchen cabinets start by cleaning them.

You ll be amazed at how simple it is to update your kitchen without tearing out your old cabinets and completely remodeling. It was so easy and only cost abou. But that kitchen where she baked them it s ugly. Cabinet refinishing involves removing the existing cabinet doors and drawer faces sanding or stripping off the old finish and applying a new paint or stain to the doors drawer faces and cabinets.

Reface kitchen cabinets photo by david carmack. Clean the cabinets and hardware thoroughly as any grease on the surface will interfere with the refinishing. The cabinets are then. They were water stained drab and ugly.

Our kitchen and bathroom wooden cabinets are over 30 years old. Refinishing is a great way to get a fresh new real wood look to your kitchen cabinets that you just can t get with paint.