I decided to trim the doors out to cover part of the old fashioned hinge that extended onto the cabinet door.
Applying wood trim to old kitchen cabinet doors.
And step one would be removing them from the cabinet bases.
Then clean the doors with tsp cleaner or regular dawn dish soap.
Adding trim to cabinet doors.
I m so glad to have finally gotten this project done i could not be more thrilled with how it.
Use wood putty to fill in the gaps at the mitered corners and to fill in any nail holes.
But do we have it in the budget to demo this kitchen and start over.
Remove your cabinet doors and place all hardware screws in a ziploc baggy.
Lay one board at the bottom of the panel angling it slightly upward to overlap the inside edge of the cabinet frame.
I just felt like that poke y part was a bit too dated.
With the four sides of the frame mitered attach the lip molding to the cabinet door first with a thin layer of glue then secure it with a nail gun image 1.
Prep cabinet doors for trim.
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After the putty has dried sand prime and paint the cabinet doors image 2.
I screwed the hinges back onto the doors and made a trip to lowe s.
You can attach it to the edges around the perimeter or flat on the face of the door.
This kitchen cabinet update idea works well for recessed panel cabinet doors.
Before added the mdf trim to the cabinet doors the doors need to be prepped so they are ready for paint.
There wasn t anything wrong with the hardware.
But i was tired of the dated look.
Trim of any type makes cabinet doors appear expensive.
Not bad when you consider what new cabinets would cost.
I ended up needing 9 pieces of trim so this new look set me back about 72.
Cut 1 5 inch craft boards to the length of the inside measurement of the inset panel.