Easy Way To Sand Kitchen Cabinets

How to sand your kitchen cabinets gather supplies and set up work area.

Easy way to sand kitchen cabinets.

Unscrew the hinges to remove the doors from the cabinets. Overlay see photo 2. Dip a paintbrush into an open can of stripper. Liquid sandpaper works faster.

Number or letter each door with the pencil. The doors you see here very common on older standard cabinets have a 3 8 in. Spread drop cloth around the cabinets. This video shows you exactly how i repainted my old varnished oak kitchen cabinets.

Liquid sandpaper does the work for you in about 15 minutes. While many claim no sanding is required when using milk paint i used this kind i lightly scuffed up the. Lightly sand the doors on all sides and faces. Remove the doors drawers drawer fronts.

Materials step 1. Gather your supplies before you start to make the sanding process easier. Consult your cabinet put on rubber gloves and breathing protection. Apply a 4 inch strip of masking.

The absolute best way to paint kitchen cabinets. How to sand your kitchen cabinets. The best tools for sanding kitchen cabinets break it down. Use a wood sanding block to prevent rounding over the wood edges.

I used my ryobi orbital sander on all the flat surfaces basically anything it could reach and used the sanding blocks for the smaller harder to reach moldings and corners. Remove knobs or pulls from your cabinets with a screw driver. Sanding literally takes hours especially if you re preparing an intricately detailed piece of woodwork for paint. I gave my kitchen a whole new look for 250 all of the supplies i used ca.

Orbital sanders are best for bulk sanding. If you need to sand the grooves wrap a piece of sandpaper around a paint stirrer stick and run it down the grooves a few times. Brush the stripper on the cabinet face frames and end jambs two at a time. Rabbeted inset with a 3 8 in.

After i published my original post the question i heard most often was is there an easier way. Cabinets are best sanded when disassembled as much as possible. The key here is to sand some of the existing finish off and roughen up the surface so the primer sticks but you don t need to get the whole finish off unless you re staining your cabinets. You may remember i already wrote a post on the right way to paint your kitchen cabinets otherwise known as the world s longest kitchen cabinet painting tutorial.

Since my cabinets have concealed hinges. Scrape the gelled finish off the. All you have to do is apply it wait 15 minutes and wipe off any residue once it dry. The kind of doors you have will dictate your hinge choice.