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I have been remodeling our kitchen awhile (yes I am taking my time!) and need everything white because my wife says so! I have built and installed all new cabinet boxes out of white melanine faced particle board, and all is good so far. I will be buying premade white vinyl coated doors and drawer faces, so all that is left is the face frames for all of the cabinets. I planned on making the frames from poplar, and the doors will be covering most, but not all of the face frame area. Just what is the best way to get a durable white finish on the frames? I could build the frames first and spray them with automotive enamel and then install them, but it sure would be easier to build them on the cabinets in pieces first and then finish them! Unfortunately that would eliminate the spraying option. I see that cabinet refinishers use a vinyl stick on material, is this stuff any good? Looks easy to apply, and was wondering if this is what comes on new white cabinets from the factory? It would sure be easier to use a stain, but my wife insists on white, and now I am stuck! Thanks for any info, you guys have come up with great ideas in the past.
Dave
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Just to add another complication, you are going to need to match the white of the prefinished pieces, or its going to look odd. There are as many shades of white as there are of, say, red...
Dave
*One option would be to make up the face frames in the shop, sand the joints flush, spray with two coats of primer (sand and fill defects between coats), then nail the frames onto the boxes. Fill nail holes and brush on the finish coats. Not the ideal way to do it, but if the boxes are already installed it's one way.Mike
*Are there any brush finishes that can stand up to grease, dirt, and the cleaning done in a kitchen? I have found a supplier of the kitchen refacing glue on material, and they sell doors also so I assume the colors would then match between the face frames and doors. I am leaning towards this method, just for durability. Brushing would definatley be easier, but I am concerned about durability. Has anyone used the refacing material? It is like contact paper, but contact cement is also put on the face frames..after installing each piece it is cut with a utility knife.
*I owuld go ahaead and use the resurfacing material, have seen it but never used it myself. The faceframes of the cabinets, in any case, are not heavy traffic surfaces, except where the door shit them, and of course, you can use those rubber bumpers.Also, you will probably be able to match the colour of white.
*If the laminate doesn't work, strongly recommend white water based lacquer over latex paint.
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