how to refinish kitchen cabinets
When it comes to our kitchens it seems like we tend to spend more time in our kitchen rather than any other room in the house.
Once our kitchen seems outdated, our appliances don’t work well anymore, the cabinets are starting to crack, chip and fall apart we start leaving the kitchen and spending more money eating out and away from our kitchen.
How to refinish kitchen cabinets may be a good solution for you to revive that kitchen and make it look brand new again! How to refinish kitchen cabinets can be done in some very simple, easy steps.
1. Determine the color or style of cabinetry that you want. You can either purchase stain, paint or new cabinets in order to do this.
2. Determine how much supplies you will need. If it is paint, stain or new cabinets you will need to know how much you need in order to accurately complete your kitchen cabinets.
3. Set up your work location, always remember to use a well ventilated area. Set up saw horses, old newspapers on the ground to catch drips, etc. Gather all of your supplies so that they are together as you need them.
4. Take your kitchen cabinets off, remove the hinges and door from the existing cabinets. (Make sure that you keep all of your screws and hinges in one location such as a baggy or Ziploc container)
5. Sand all cabinets if you are using existing ones.
6. Re-stain, apply stain remover, etc so that you can refinish the kitchen cabinets.
7. Apply paint or stain to the cabinets, allowing them to dry well.
8. Touch-up, apply any detail work that you need to.
9. Now that your kitchen cabinets are dry and done you can put them back onto your cabinets. How to refinish kitchen cabinets can save you lots of time and money when you do it yourself.