Are one’s own kitchen cabinets looking ancient and dated?  Do you want to invest in brand new kitchen cabinets but the thought of investing twenty thousand just for cabinets scares you?

Or perhaps maybe you have taken into consideration constructing your own cabinets by using some cabinet woodworking plans.     We are ready to help you out in either case.  Before you get out and find contemporary cabinets you will want to attempt resurfacing your own kitchen cabinets.

Refacing your cabinets would be a test of your ability to follow cabinet woodworking plans and a fun cabinet woodworking project all in one.  Before you get started read our helpful tips.

1.  Ahead of doing any work on the cabinets you will need to uninstall the doors and drawers.  Measure the cabinets, drawers, and doors before heading to the home improvement store.  If it is easier for you, draw out on paper the project with all measurements for your cabinet woodworking plans.

2.  For the front of one’s kitchen cabinets, your face lift materials are limited to 2 choices; Wood strips or Veneer.  Veneer provides a wood facing plus a sticky backing you simply apply to the cabinet surface.  However, sanding veneer can be an issue as it is thin.  Wood strips (1/4 inch thick) are thicker and will last longer but is harder to cut and install.

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3.  Replace the old doors with new doors either made by yourself if you are a craftsman or you can purchase new doors all ready to go from your local hardware store.

4.  Recycle the old drawers by cutting the front off and installing new drawer fronts yourself, custom made in your woodshop.

5.  For a less expensive project, we would advise you to cover the sides of the old cabinets with plywood such as oak, cherry etc.  Plywood costs less and is just as attractive and durable.

6.  Make sure you have enough clamps around as you begin to reface the fronts of the cabinets.  This way you will have equal pressure in all areas and your facing is more likely to fit where your butt joints meet the side plywood.  In turn this will result in less sanding once everything is dry.

7.  Use glue and finish nails to attach plywood.  Go back and fill in the holes with a mixture of glue and saw dust from the same type of wood you are using to reface your cabinets.  You will get a perfect match.

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8.  If you are using wood strips in lieu of veneer, use tape to help hold the facing boards onto the fronts of the cabinets.  Before you can clamp down on the facing boards you will need to hold them in place.  This is why you need the tape.  We prefer painters tape or masking tape.  This tape does not leave a residue or do any damage to the wood, plywood, or veneer being installed.

9.  As you begin to clamp down on the wood you will need to have a damp rag on hand to clean up the glue that gets compressed and squeezes out the sides.  Cleaning now is easier than sanding later.

10.  When using glue on your wood projects make sure it is made for wood.  A yellow color will signify it is made for wood.  Wood glue will be much stronger and resisits water better than the white glue you used back in grade school.

Yours to utilize. Ten steps to help you in your cabinet refacing project.  Before tackling this project of refacing your cabinets, it would be advisable to further your research by reading and viewing more cabinet woodworking plans.  Once you feel confident about what you are doing you will want to tackle this project.

Whichever way you choose to go be it giving your kitchen cabinets a facelift or making your own cabinets from a set of cabinet woodworking plans one item is known.  New kitchen cabinets cost alot of money while refacing the old cabinets may be a bit hard but will save you quite a bit of money.

Hopefully you enjoyed reading these 10 cabinet refacing guidelines and for more wood
working help or woodworking cabinet plans we suggest you explore Wood Working Plans

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