subject: Glazing Kitchen Cabinets- Glaze or Restore [print this page] Glazing Kitchen Cabinets- Glaze or Restore
Time has come for you to give your kitchen cabinets a facelift they deserve. The kitchen cabinets have been wearing out for far too long and with the stains, grime and grease all over them; it does not look very good really. However, you have to decide about the way to go forward. Though there are multiple ways of having glazing kitchen cabinets or kitchen cabinet restoration, you have to choose the method that is most suitable for you. If you are having budgetary constraints, then probably the best way to go about it is to have a kitchen cabinet restoration. The following guidelines will help you to go about restoring your kitchen cabinet in a proper way.
First, you must know which doors reach out to which specific cabinets first. Once you know which doors reach out to which specific cabinets first, you can mark them with a colored tape or a pencil. This will help you identify the lines easily.
Second, slowly remove the doors first and make sure that the screws and the hinges of the door are dismantled from the door totally. After you have dismantled the screws and the hinges, you need to put the screws and the hinges at a safe place or tie them up with the doors so that they are not lost. Now slowly estrange the door handles from their respective doors and soak them totally into warm water for at least an hour.
Third, put the cabinet doors down on a drop cloth and thoroughly wash the doors with a strong soap or a detergent powder. You can also use a good quality wood cleaner. This will enable you to remove the grime, grease and the dirt that have accumulated on the surface.
Fourth, take some clean cloth or rags and wipe the doors thoroughly. Then put the drop cloths beneath the cabinets and start washing the frames till the time they are completely cleaned. Rinse and dry the frames totally thereafter.
Fifth, slowly and lightly sand the damaged areas, if any, with a lot of sandpaper. However, be cautious to use the sandpaper and use it so that you can remove the spots.
Sixth, you can buy a good quality wood restoration product that will ensure glazing kitchen cabinet by restoring the damaged areas exactly. You must, however, follow the instructions given on the product completely.
You can restore kitchen cabinets either by yourself or by hiring carpenters or experts. If you do it yourself, you need to be careful so that you do not damage the cabinet. This is especially true if you happen to be a first timer to cleaning and restoring.
