Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - Kitchen Cabinet Refurbishing

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kidstein
10-26-08, 06:15 PM
I'm looking for a quick, inexpensive, easy way to refurbish old kitchen cabinets. Unfortunately they are ugly pressed wood and the counter tops are ugly brown laminate. I have no idea how to begin this kitchen face lift. HELP!!!

Just Bill
10-27-08, 05:04 AM
A good cleaning to remove built up cooking grease/dirt is a first step. For that tired looking laminate, there is a liguid gold product for that, and again, a good cleaning to start. If that does not make things look any better, consider painting the cabinets, but not the top.
marksr
10-27-08, 05:30 AM
After cleaning, if you decide to paint, let us know [preferably what type of finish/product is on the face] and we can tell you how to get the best paint job :thumup:

Another option athough more expensive would be to reface the cabinets - new doors and a veneer over the exposed carcase.

There is no good way to change the look of the counter top short of replacement.

romeo
11-02-08, 01:51 PM
if you have around $50 you can get a new counterop at Menards. We replaced our countertop recently. It was like 50 and some change for a 10 ft stone look laminate. It didnt have a sink cutout, but that isnt hard at all.