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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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…
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I was going to use the miter saw with its new blade to cut the rails and stiles for the doors. The miter saw would give me clean straight cuts without constantly making adjustments on my table saw. I made my first cuts on the wider single cabinet door. I usually draw a full cut…
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I was not going to do all of the kitchen cabinet doors and drawers are once. I decided to divide this project into several phases. I had a good process of making the door frames. So, If I wanted to, I could make all the door frames and remove the old cabinet doors to make…