Tips and Tricks for Resurfacing Your Kitchen Cabinets
Resurfacing Your Kitchen Cupboards
Okay, so you purchased this great house for a wonderful price, but there's one problem: Your kitchen cabinets are in need of resurfacing! While the nice older lady you bought it from was really nice, her bright yellow cabinets are way out of style. So, instead of postponing the house warming party for a few weeks, consider how simple it is to resurface your kitchen cabinets. That's right, I said easy. You can resurface your kitchen cabinets quickly, and to the design you want, for the price you can afford.
How you ask
How you ask
Buy peel-and-stick veneer. They are offered in a variety of styles and colors, and you can find these at any home improvement shop. This is a much better solution than spending upward of 5,000 dollars to rebuild your kitchen cabinets.
You can also spend a little more money by purchasing new kitchen cabinet doors. This allows you to better match the style and dcor of your kitchen. While a bit more expensive, it is simple to do and the install can be achieved in a day.
Another way to spruce up your kitchen is to refinish the kitchen cabinets. Well, that seems a little challenging, rightc It's not! Simply repaint them. Just by changing the color, the whole look of the kitchen instantly changes! Remember, however that you need to prep the surfaces first.
Figure out if it's paint, or shellac. Here's a great tip:
To ascertain if shellac is on your cabinets, you could just put a few drops of denatured alcohol on the surface, and if the finish dissolves, than you know it is shellac that is on your cabinets. Merely apply little amounts of turpentine to each cabinet door, to help get rid of the shellac, and you'll be ready to paint.
If your kitchen cabinets are painted, you have to find out if the paint is oil or water based. This is because you don't want to paint over water based paint with oil or the other way around. You can find this out by rubbing hard with a cloth on the cabinet; if the paint comes off, than it is water based.
See, you don't have to hold up that house warming party any longer. Resurface your kitchen cabinets and get the style you seek. By using these fast, easy steps, you too can have the kitchen of your dreams!
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