Because I over bought the wood for the last phase, I just needed to buy one stick of wood. I also bought more spray-on polyurethane and foam brushes. I was going to try using disposable foam brushes to apply the wipe-on poly. It would eliminate the need to clean the brush after every use. I…
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I was getting assembly down for the door frames. (1) Drill holes with the Kreg® jig. (2) Build frames with Kreg® screws with Kreg® screw bit. (3) Shorten 48 Kreg® plugs. (4) Glue Kreg® plugs. Done! Since I made good time on the assembly of the frames, I decided to remove the cabinet doors so…
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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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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…
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My next cabinet doors were in the powder room. The vanity was the same size as the one in the master bathroom. While I only had 2 doors and a sink panel, I still had a few blunders. First, I tried to sharpen my carbide router bit with a whetstone. Believing that the router bit…
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After I completed the master bathroom cabinet doors, I moved on to the upstairs bathroom. This cabinet consisted of 4 doors and 2 drawers. I would apply the lessons I learned from the master bathroom’s cabinet doors. It was also my first attempt of refacing the drawer fronts. There was a couple of issues I…
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Before I could finish, I needed to buy the screen molding. Another trip to the home improvement store. I also needed to install the plugs to hide the screw holes on the backside of the doors. There are 24 holes to plug. I inserted my first plug and it did not fit. It would not…
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Even though I purchased a new blade for my table saw, I used my miter saw to cut the stiles and rails for the doors. I was getting some splintering on the backside of the wood as the saw blade was dull from cutting hardwood flooring. I trusted the squareness of the miter saw over…
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My wife and I have talked on and off about upgrading the cabinet doors. Since we recently replaced our kitchen appliances, it seemed appropriate to change out the cabinet doors. I checked out pricing to get replacement doors and because I am cheap, I decided to make the doors myself. (I would like to give…