Easy Way To Sand Kitchen Cabinets

After i published my original post the question i heard most often was is there an easier way.

Easy way to sand kitchen cabinets.

Cabinets are best sanded when disassembled as much as possible. Orbital sanders are best for bulk sanding. Sanding the kitchen cabinet doors and frames is hard work but pretty straightforward. Apply a 4 inch strip of masking.

Brush the stripper on the cabinet face frames and end jambs two at a time. Apply painter s tape where needed. Unscrew the hinges to remove the doors from the cabinets. Materials step 1.

Remove knobs or pulls from your cabinets with a screw driver. The best tools for sanding kitchen cabinets break it down. All you have to do is apply it wait 15 minutes and wipe off any residue once it dry. 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.

This video shows you exactly how i repainted my old varnished oak kitchen cabinets. 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. 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. Scrape the gelled finish off the.

Since my cabinets have concealed hinges. Use a wood sanding block to prevent rounding over the wood edges. The kind of doors you have will dictate your hinge choice. I gave my kitchen a whole new look for 250 all of the supplies i used ca.

How to sand your kitchen cabinets gather supplies and set up work area. How to sand your kitchen cabinets. Remove the doors drawers drawer fronts. Spread drop cloth around the cabinets.

Gather your supplies before you start to make the sanding process easier. Overlay see photo 2. Liquid sandpaper does the work for you in about 15 minutes. The absolute best way to paint kitchen cabinets.

Lightly sand the doors on all sides and faces. The doors you see here very common on older standard cabinets have a 3 8 in. Equipped with 100 grit sandpaper orbital sanders remove. Liquid sandpaper works faster.

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. Number or letter each door with the pencil. While many claim no sanding is required when using milk paint i used this kind i lightly scuffed up the. Rabbeted inset with a 3 8 in.