How Do You Resurface And Refinish Kitchen Cabinets?
After a some years, natural-wood kitchen cabinets will start to show their age, picking up dirt in the varnish, wearing near the handles and looking generally shabby. Yet over just a long weekend a facelift can revitalize the wood surface of those cabinets and reseal it in a new varnish. But plan meals accordingly, since your kitchen will be completely out of commission during the project. Remove the cabinet doors and place them on the floor on spread-out newspapers. Spread newspapers under the cabinets as well. Unscrew all hardware from the doors and cabinets. Hand-sand all flat surfaces of the cabinets and doors with 80-grit sandpaper, removing the gloss and getting a smooth, flat natural-wood surface throughout. Clean up the dust with a tack cloth. Put on your rubber gloves. Apply wood stain from the top edges of the cabinets, working downward. Put it on with a brush, let it sit for a minute, then wipe it down with a paper towel. Work in sections, judging how dark you want the wood,
