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"S" <a@a.com> wrote in message
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> Any opinions/experience on the deal in which you order the finished doors
> along with "sticky paneling" ? The company Home Depot uses is Quality
> Doors.
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> They claim an average kitchen (10 by 10) can be done for about $1500. Of
> course, this is *much* cheaper than having someone reface the cabinets.
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> In particular, my wife is concerned that they "sticky paneling" that you
> put on the cabinet frames would look/feel cheap or come unstuck on the
> corners.
>
Methinks your wife is wise. Never seen a refacing job, even a pro one, that
impressed me. I am sure they are out there somewhere, but I have never seen
one. And as soon as you open the doors, the illusion is destroyed.
I am not a fan of refacing- cabinets aren't that hard of a DIY project to
switch out, if you can track down a good deal on stock sizes that work for
your kitchen. If the old ones are nicked up beyond cleaning and topcoating
to bring the finish back, there is always paint, like on the trendy
decorating shows. That could tide you over till the buget can stand new
cabinets. And then you have the old ones to use in the garage or basement,
or to donate to Habitat ReStore.
I got lucky. This place had a horrible DIY swabbed-on red finish on the
cabinets, and I had resigned myself to live with it (no woman in the house,
natch), until I was windexing the over-the-stove microwave the other day,
and a little overspray got on the cabinets. Damned if the red stuff is not
water-based, and the original finish basically intact underneath. So, come
warm weather, I will pull all the doors/drawers and take them outside, and
wash that crud off in as dry a fashion as possible, and do the same thing on
the exposed face frames and end caps inside. Then, a light sanding and a
wipedown with gel Minwax or something, and I will have cabinets that are at
least presentable. They won't look like new, but it will be cheap, and since
these are Solid Wood 1960 cabinets, new ones of the same quality level are
beyond my reach.
aem sends....
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