Kitchen refinshing

-
Coyote Jack

Coyote Jack

Member #55, I'm old
FABO Gold Member
Joined
May 22, 2004
Messages
8,677
Reaction score
3,852
Location
Baxters Corner N.B. Canad
I just got done refinishing our kitchen cabinets. It was a big job that took 4 days. It sure was dusty. I sprayed the doors and drawer fronts and brushed the main part. They are built in place with solid ash. The Mrs. is real happy with the finished product. She says it's like having a new kitchen. The pics don't show the difference that well but it is big. Here are a couple of before and after photos. You can see how yellowed they had become.

Now BACK to work on the Demon.

Jack

BEFORE001.JPG


BEFORE002.JPG


AFTER001.JPG


AFTER002.JPG
 
Nice job Jack, making the Mrs happy was the most important part of this job, and well accomplished!!
 
I ain't got no such skills but I can make anything out of metal!!
 
Nice job...I’m in the process of scrapping my master bedroom popcorn ceilings talk about a messy dusty job.
3A00CAE1-E837-4283-AD5E-E7ACECE680FA.jpeg
D2472231-030E-4A7B-9062-C6743201909C.jpeg
4C9FFCF8-CD72-4AE2-A859-AE875B1DD4E0.jpeg
 
Anytime my wife wants me to fix something in the house I go outside and break something on the car so that I can say,"I would love to do what you're asking but the car needs fixing.....sorry!!"
 
Nice.

My wife was a professional finish/cabinet carpenter when I met her.

She brought a compound, sliding miter saw, nice portable DeVilbiss compressor and selection of nail and brad guns into the marriage.

...and I rarely get asked to do wood and finish work but I like doing it.
 
My mom wants her very similar kitchen cabinets refinished. I explained, either you'll have a very dusty mess or I'll pull the doors, stiles, and drawers, and take them home with me, refinish in my basement. Very little remains to refinish in place. She said, "just forget it!" She's a tough old bird to deal with. Thinks any task should be quick, simple, easy.
Our cabinets are white laminated mdf. A few cans of scrubbing bubble makes them look new. It is a repeating chore though. Every 2 years or so wife says, "Lets clean these cabinets".
We would love to remove the popcorn texture from all ceilings but they have been repainted with Kilz a few times over the years. I don't think ours would be so easy, doubt the splash of water would help much. I saw a machine I could rent that would do the job but was told the thing is VERY heavy to hold up there.
 
RedFish said:
I explained, either you'll have a very dusty mess or I'll pull the doors, stiles, and drawers, and take them home with me, refinish in my basement. Very little remains to refinish in place.
QUOTE]

That is exactly what I did. I refinished everything I could take off out in the garage. To keep the dust down in the kitchen when I sanded down the rest, I rigged up a hose from my Dewalt palm sander to my Shop Vac and set it on low. It worked like a dream. When I was done, (about 6 hours later), there was only enough dust on the flat surfaces, (table, counter and floor), that you would think that we had been away for a few days. Real easy to clean.

Jack
Click to expand...
 
Really looks great. My wife wants me to build kitchen cabinets and install a laminate floor. Retirement makes your honeydoo list get longer.
 
Tadams said:
Really looks great. My wife wants me to build kitchen cabinets and install a laminate floor. Retirement makes your honeydoo list get longer.
Click to expand...


That's for sure. Mine started out at about a foot long 2 years ago. It is now 3 feet long and I am busy everyday. Sometimes it's a curse being self sufficient.

Jack
 
Coyote Jack said:
I just got done refinishing our kitchen cabinets. It was a big job that took 4 days. It sure was dusty. I sprayed the doors and drawer fronts and brushed the main part. They are built in place with solid ash. The Mrs. is real happy with the finished product. She says it's like having a new kitchen. The pics don't show the difference that well but it is big. Here are a couple of before and after photos. You can see how yellowed they had become.

Now BACK to work on the Demon.

Jack

View attachment 1715283825

View attachment 1715283826

View attachment 1715283827

View attachment 1715283828
Click to expand...


Should have given you a call a few years ago before we got ours done. Very nice job.
 
Our cabs were really junk when we moved in. Rail and stiles separating. Some delaminating. Cheap plastic drawer hangers breaking. There was no saving them. Even the layout was awkward. Frig conflict with powder room door. The peninsula corner required a small child to go in and retrieve what ya' needed. It did have a huge top on it which was kind of nice.
But it was a mess! 2nd picture. Had to do some hardwood floor work and electrical. 3rd picture what it is now just prior to nailing up the crown molding.

IMGP2846.jpg
IMGP5731.jpg
IMGP4351.jpg


After crown up picture..
IMGP5937.JPG

I made doors (poplar like the kitchen cabs) for the powder room sink base as sizes needed were not available. They were white laminate on pressed wood with golden oak top rail and face frame. The Behr Alkyd Satin Enamel color match was good on the face frame, new doors, and crown molding but was a little too heavy out of the can.
IMGP5943.JPG


For some odd reason I am resistant to painting or staining the dining set that a certain lady keeps suggesting around here!
 
Last edited:
Have oak cabinets, wife wants them white. I want a pro to do it, have 29 doors and drawers and an island to paint, to many for me to screw up.. don't know how much it will cost but money well spent when considering the damage I can do.:)
IMG_6019.JPG


IMG_6018.JPG


IMG_6017.JPG
 
Sorry, but you're gonna have to take her "woman card" over painting real wood white.
 
Looks good. I'm working on a kitchen remodel as well. Took out two non load bearing walls between the kitchen and dining room and living room. Got the drywall all patched up and found the KILZ didn't stick to the dining room area that used to be popcorn ceiling. I at a bit of a loss as to why this happened, but it did. Now to figure out how to fix it! Cabinets were dark stained oak - wife painted them with gray chalk paint. Lots or moving light switches and outlets. What's left of the walls with have a bar counter on the dining room side and a pretty short counter top cap on the wall with the living room.
 
Daves69 said:
Our cabs were really junk when we moved in. Rail and stiles separating. Some delaminating. Cheap plastic drawer hangers breaking. There was no saving them. Even the layout was awkward. Frig conflict with powder room door. The peninsula corner required a small child to go in and retrieve what ya' needed. It did have a huge top on it which was kind of nice.
But it was a mess! 2nd picture. Had to do some hardwood floor work and electrical. 3rd picture what it is now just prior to nailing up the crown molding.

View attachment 1715285766 View attachment 1715285767 View attachment 1715285768

After crown up picture..
View attachment 1715285904
I made doors (poplar like the kitchen cabs) for the powder room sink base as sizes needed were not available. They were white laminate on pressed wood with golden oak top rail and face frame. The Behr Alkyd Satin Enamel color match was good on the face frame, new doors, and crown molding but was a little too heavy out of the can.
View attachment 1715285906

For some odd reason I am resistant to painting or staining the dining set that a certain lady keeps suggesting around here!
Click to expand...

Some LED under cabinet lighting would make a huge difference.
I did ours for about 60 bucks and that included the two transformers that I ran the wires for into the wall behind the cabinets and down to connect to the 110 outlets supply.
Then a switch out of sight on the end of the cabinets where they come up to the sink.
The pic is not ours, just an example of how much different it can make it.

lighting.jpg
 
TrailBeast said:
Some LED under cabinet lighting would make a huge difference.
I did ours for about 60 bucks and that included the two transformers that I ran the wires for into the wall behind the cabinets and down to connect to the 110 outlets supply.
Then a switch out of sight on the end of the cabinets where they come up to the sink.
The pic is not ours, just an example of how much different it can make it.

View attachment 1715286033
Click to expand...

Well, I did put two in just to see. But someone here has a hard time deciding on what they like so I'm done! (at least until the next idea happens)

IMGP5947.JPG


BTW, the picture you posted is sort of the cab layout we came from if ya' were to swap the appliances to the other walls.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
-

Back
Top