Resurfacing Your Kitchen Cupboards
Okay, so you purchased this great home for a great price, but there is one issue: Your kitchen cabinets are in need of resurfacing! While the nice elderly lady you purchased it from was very nice, her vivid yellow cabinets are way out of style. So, instead of putting off the house warming party for a few weeks, think about how easy 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 desire, for a price you can afford. How you ask?
Get peel-and-stick veneer. They are offered in many different styles and colors, and you can locate these at any home improvement store. This is a better option than investing upward of 5,000 dollars to rebuild your kitchen cabinets.
You can also invest a bit more money by purchasing new kitchen cabinet doors. This allows you to better match the style and décor of your kitchen. While a little more expensive, it is easy to do and the set up can be achieved in one day.
One other way to spruce up your kitchen is to refinish the kitchen cabinets. Well, that sounds a little challenging, right? It’s not! Merely repaint them. Just by modifying the color, the entire look of the kitchen immediately changes! Keep in mind, however that you need to prep the surfaces first.
Determine if it’s paint, or shellac. Here’s a good tip:
To determine if shellac is on your cabinets, you can 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. Simply apply small amounts of turpentine to every cabinet door, to help remove the shellac, and you will be prepared to paint.
If your kitchen cabinets are painted, you need 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 towel on the cabinet; if your paint comes off, than it is water based.
See, you shouldn’t have to hold up that house warming party any longer. Resurface your kitchen cabinets and get the fashion you want. By utilizing these quick, simple steps, you too can have the kitchen of your dreams!
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