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Adding trim to kitchen cabinet doors.
I used clorox wipes which did the trick and got all the dirt and grime.
We used titebond wood glue for this step.
The first problem was that there was no lip on the cabinet in which to add molding.
You can attach it to the edges around the perimeter or flat on the face of the door.
Then it s time to fill in all the holes and gaps with wood filler or spackling paste.
We built a frame that would sit on top of the cabinet and that we could attach the trim to the frame above the cabinet.
November 5 2015 by admin 55 comments.
If trim is being placed on the cabinet doors that are lying flat the trim should be covered with a plastic wrap.
Trim of any type makes cabinet doors appear expensive.
And i know i would go positively cuckoo with a kitchen of naked cabinets and all the drawer stuff all over the house so i decided to split this up into the span of what became three days.
Cut two of the plywood strips to the height of the door and apply wood glue to the backside of each.
See the picture below for the before and after sanding.
From drab to fab.
The frame measures the exact same size as the sides and front of the cabinet.
Remove all the hardware from the cabinet doors.
Set up your doors on saw horses or somewhere easy to move around them on all sides.
Place a weight on it and leave it for 10 to 12 hours.
Clean your cabinet doors.
Sand the doors lightly to remove any dirt and gloss from the old finish.
If it is a wooden trim simply nail it to the cabinet.
This step completes the addition of trim to the kitchen.
As the doors ended so did the top of the cabinet.
This will assure the bond is firm.
Adding trim to cabinet doors.
Adding trim to cabinets.
I am thinking about doing this to our flat faced cabinet doors and.
After adding the trim pieces to all the cabinet doors sand the edges of the trim to make everything even.
Adding trim to cabinet doors has obviously been done before.
There are lots of choices.