Cabinet RefacingKitchen Cabinet refacing is generally very costly as contractors charge exorbitantly high amounts for this uncomplicated task that you yourself can easily do and hence save your wallet from becoming any thinner. Find a suitable day, probably a weekend, and follow these simple instructions to accomplish a mission which once seemed impossible.
First of all make a list of things that you need to have for the kitchen cabinet refacing and go to the local hardware store to buy the following objects:
1. New cabinet doors
2. Veneers
3. Sand Papers
4. Contact cement
5. Hinges and screws if the old ones are rusty
6. Roller
7. Furniture Polish
The following step is where you actually start working on the kitchen cabinet refacing by carefully removing the old doors and other hardware such as hinges and screws. This would reveal the main framework of the cabinet to you and thus allowing you the freedom to work without anything getting in the way. Now use some sand paper to scrub off the surface to expose bare wood and continue to sand all the dimensions properly by finishing off with a thicker sand paper for the final touches. To have the most optimum outcome of the kitchen cabinet refacing project, you need to make sure that the scrubbing has been done evenly with no strips of surface remaining so that the contact cement has the best sealing plane. Dust off the bare surface using a cloth or a vacuum cleaner to remove small fragments and sawdust to ensure that the veneers can be glued properly.
Take precise measurements of the sides and face of the cabinet and cut out the veneers with great care so that none of it is wasted due to inaccurate measurements or cuts. Apply contact cement and smear it uniformly all over the cabinet surfaces and the back of the veneers to allow the best possible adhesive effect. Set the veneers onto the cabinet surfaces with great care and glue it to the surfaces using a roller to make sure that the veneers are in perfect contact with the surface. Examine the cabinet meticulously to find out flaws such as cracks, wrong alignment and glue drips which should be corrected now before moving on to the final stages of the kitchen cabinet refacing.
Install the new cabinet doors and hinges and make sure you do not scratch the new surface. Get someone to hold the doors in place if you have trouble doing it alone as there are chances of dents due to bumps and drops. Once you have the new doors settled in position, use a cotton cloth and a little bit of polishing solvent to clean your cabinet of hand marks and smudges.