KITCHEN CABINETS REFACING:Refacing and Refinishing Kitchen Cabinets?

Hi Stephen

Nice to hear from you.

Oh gosh Stephen, this will be a big job.

Hopefully the kitchen cabinets are not huge.

Personally if this was my kitchen, I would want the very best job I could do so I would strip all existing finish off and then sand the stiles back to remove any trace of stain (there will still be color there after stripping).

This in my opinion will be much easier in the long run than trying to match the existing color to the new doors...almost impossible I would guess.

Next some stain sampling will be in order.

First I would get the color you want on the doors as the stiles barley show.

Always do a test (back of a door is good).

When you are satisfied with that color choice (could take a few samples), then stain the doors.

Next come the stiles.

A lot of people are under the impression that you can apply a certain stain color to any kind of wood and everything will match.

This is just not the case.

Birch takes a stain lovely, but some sampling and mixing will be needed here. Every piece and kind of wood is different.

Even then you may not get exact, but I think "close" will be fine in this case.

Always remember when staining, you can put darker stain over lighter, but not lighter over darker.

So please please do your samples. Time spent here won't be wasted.

After staining, unless you are trained in the use of a spray gun, I would brush on 2 coats of poly.

Those aresol cans are not suitable for this so don't consider them.

maybe if you want more information,You can refer to this blog which show you an article about Kitchen Cabinets Refacing and Kitchen backsplash Ideas:

(if those website not change)

Kitchen Cabinets Refacing VIDEOS:

http://home-cabinetsideas.blogspot.com/

Kitchen Cabinets BLOG:

http://kitchen-cabinets-ideas.blogspot.com/

How to get Kitchen Backsplash Ideas for your Kitchen Article:

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Great Kitchen Question and Answer Blog:

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Simple Kitchen backsplash ideas Blog

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Hope that helps, post back if need be- regards- Richard Man U

Good luck and a great question

Having done this myself I would replace the doors of the cabinets which is the cheapest route. Having done this on my first house, I replaced the cabinets which is very expensive, but the surest way for the kitchen to look great, and changing the way you want it to look, and what you want for storage as well. Alot of places like Home Depot have of great prices and have a 12 or 24 month payment to buying new, and will help you see what is available for free. You provide the measurements of the kitchen, and they help you build the kitchen using a computer program for free of charge. This will give you ideas and cost, that doing a kitchen in a house adds value to the house, not like adding a pool to a house that you lose value. It took time and ideas from my wife and myself to what the kitchen was to look like using before and after. Take your time, and do research, and alot of it can be done using the internet, without going out for days and using fuel and time. Good Luck