DIY Project – Upcycling Our Kitchen Cabinet Doors – Phase 2 – Door & Drawer Assembly I had very little problems putting together the doors. As I was getting better at cutting the panel moldings. I only cut one piece of molding too short. Otherwise, I cut the moldings on the miter saw and attached…
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After finishing the routing of the door frames, I sanded down 40 oak inserts and glued them into the screw holes. I needed for the glue to dry, so I would just sand the front and sides of the frames. I waited until the following day to finish sanding. I went upstairs to the kitchen…
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DIY Project – Upcycling Our Kitchen Cabinet Doors – Phase 2 – The Router Hoping to have better success with this phase of the kitchen cabinet doors and drawers, I got a head start building the door frames on the next five doors and three drawers. Waiting for the newly formulated stain so I could…
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Using the knowledge from the installation of the drawer fronts on the main bathroom upstairs, I only routed a 1/4” deep rabbet on the drawer fronts. When I tried to go with a 3/8” deep rabbet, I could not close the drawers completely. The drawers “bottomed out.” Actually, with the additional depth of the new…
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After installing the first door, I was ready to install the set of two doors. The new hinges were different than the old ones. I was not sure, but they seemed thicker and the hinge bracket was larger. I was worried that the two doors would not fit now with the hinges installed. I placed…
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I assembled the door frames and panels. That task went fairly well as the miter saw and nail gun cooperated. I would save the installation of the drawer fronts at a later date. I needed to install the hinges. Remember that I routed the edges too deep on the two-door set. So, it was necessary…
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Since I was off from work over the holidays, I picked up the stain to redo the front of the doors and drawers. I talked with the stain guy and he suggested that I do not use a wipe-on poly. He indicated that the poly would reactivate (re-wet) the stain and I would remove some…
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Random Thoughts – Can DIY Be A Hobby? I was visiting with my sister-in-law and her husband. Her husband was talking about all the things he was going to do once he retired later this year. I told him, I will just continue working, since I to not have any hobbies. I mentioned seeing my…
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I used the custom tinted stain I purchased. On the initial application, the color appeared darker and I was impressed on its coverage. The next day the color seemed to have faded. I brought a stained panel from the basement and held it against an old cabinet door. Maybe I should have put another coat…
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Before I would take down any cabinet doors and show the world that we have an unfinished project in the house, Efiwym and I would need to make a decision about the cabinet hardware. I hate unfinished projects. I wanted to buy hinges to hang the new doors, but I could not buy hinges until…