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Refinishing Kitchen Cabinets

Refinishing Kitchen Cabinets

The typical kitchen today consists of a variety of different cabinets that cost upwards of $15k. If your kitchen cabinets are showing their age with nicks and scratches you can give them a new look by freshening them up with a new coat of paint or stain. It’s quite easy and will save you a bundle of money by not replacing them. It involves ten simple steps, a few common household tools and will take approximately three or four days to complete the process. It will give your kitchen a completely new look that you will take pride in.

Tools required

• Screw driver to remove doors and hardware
• Orbital sander
• Belt sander (optional)
• Rags

Material required

• Paint or stain for refinishing
• Varnish (Minwax recommended)
• Paint thinner
• Tack cloth
• Paint or stain brush
• Furniture finishing paste wax
• Sandpaper (100 and 240grit disc and belt)

Refinishing Instructions

1. Empty all cabinets and drawers.
2. Remove the doors and all the hardware from the doors and draws. Retain          hardware unless you plan to replace it.
3. Remove all the drawers and hardware. If the drawers has a removal front,       usually held on with inside screws remove them and set the rest of the       drawers aside.
4. Sand the doors and drawers faces and edges using an orbital or belt sander, whichever is appropriate. The sanding    should be 100 grit paper followed by a finished sanding with 220 grit paper. If your cabinets are painted you may need to apply paint remover before sanding.

Note: If your doors are raised panel doors you will have to hand sand the inside of the panel, rails and styles.                                              

1. Thoroughly clean and wipe with a tack cloth or damp cloth and let dry.
2. Sand the cabinet front frames and edges of the cabinets and thoroughly clean and wipe with a tack cloth or a damp cloth.
3. For a paint finish apply a primer first and two coats of finish paint or paint stain followed by a coat of furniture paste  wax and buff. Paint all doors, drawers, and cabinet frame.
4. Staining and Painting

• For staining, apply the first coat of stain. I recommend a water base stain rather than an oil stain as you can vary the color by adding additional powder to the mix to get the desired shade. Let staining. Stain all doors and drawers, and the cabinet frames.
• Once you obtain the desired color apply the first coat of varnish and let dry.
•  Sand the first coat of varnish using 0002 steel wool. Insure that you remove all excessive varnish sheen.
• Apply second coat of varnish, let dry, and sand with 0000 steel wool.
• Apply two coats of furniture paste wax and buff to a rich finish.

    5.  Reinstall all hardware.

    6. Install doors and drawers and buff out any wax smudges.

Refinishing your kitchen cabinets is not as hard as you might think and well worth the effort when you consider the cost of buying new kitchen cabinets. For a completely new look change the hardware; hinges, knobs, and handles. The kitchen is the heart of the home and the place where your family gathers together. Make it a place that is beautiful and comfortable for everyone, a gem of your castle.

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how to you repair a scratched dvd/cd with sandpaper?

ive read you need a grit higher than 1000 and to wet sand the dvd in a radial motion, then use a rubbing compound and repeat.

i have a fairly deep circular scratch on my 360 game, so "cleaning " or shinning up the disc won't do anything. I need to actually repair it

Hi Tyler,

I would be afraid of sandpaper but I can tell you what will work.

Go to a hardware store and buy a can of "Brasso" brass polish.

Pour a generous amount on the disk and rub across (not around) the disk with a folded paper towel pressing VERY hard.

Wash thoroughly in warm (not hot) water with dish washing detergent. Pat dry with a paper towel.

That should fix it but repeat the process if necessary.

Norm

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