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starrwilson

Thu, 09/21/2006 - 5:03am

Fake wood on kitchen cabinets

On the side of my cabinets there is fake wood made out of a sticker material. It has been ripped off at some points. I was wondering if you could buy this fake wood material to replace what is already there.

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Fake wood on kitchen cabinets

metaboman2001 writes:

Thu, 09/21/2006 - 5:03am

Not really -- the best way to fix this is to remove it completely by using an adhesive remover. Or, what would probably be better is to paint over it with an epoxy paint making sure to prime it first with a quality primer. (Making doubly sure that it can be used with an epoxy paint). A last ditch effort might be to try to resurface the cabinets with a sheet of laminate cut to size.

Eden's kitchen cabinets

nine1998 writes:

Wed, 10/11/2006 - 11:31pm

Has anybody seen the article on DIY Magazine [Spring 2006] that shows Eden's kitchen cabinets??? I would love to get the same color and look as she did, on my old oak cabinets [very similar to hers] and I am kind of lost. I am Brazilian and I am all new to the "DIY world". We bought our 1980's house in February/2006 and since then I have been doing some of the painting myself. I am really enjoying it. Thank you for the help.

It's called veneer or melamine

BeeCee writes:

Thu, 11/30/2006 - 6:37pm

You can definitely buy the material and depending on the look you want, you have several different options. You can purchase a wood veneer which is available in many different species (for different wood grain looks), or if it’s truly a plastic-look like you stated, you can also get melamine which is a manmade veneer. There are many options of these now from literally peel-n-stick to those you paint an adhesive on the back first and then stick. Then just cut the excess off with a laminate trimmer (like a mini-router) or with a razor. www.rockler.com is where I get most of my woodworking materials so they’re a good place to start. Good luck!

We own 1999 Champion

estanciafanda writes:

Sun, 03/04/2007 - 10:11am

We own 1999 Champion manufactured home -- and the fake kitchen cabinetry is driving me mad. I have a beautiful very large two section antique cabinet I would like to use in place of one wall of the existing cabinetry- the wall which includes the refrigerator 'alcove' portion of the cabinetry. The antique has a long base with three solid wood doors . I plan to make the base into a rolling island workstation and storage - creating a copper sheeting clad countertop as the work surface. The stepped back top section of the antique cabinet has three glass front tall doors and an architectural peak of sorts at the top. (I know there is a more correct term for that but it escapes me at the moment.) I plan to use the glass front section freestanding on the wall where the fake cabinetry next to the refrig. I will put the glassfront portion on legs to raise it to a reasonable height off the floor. I need to know the best way to attempt removing but not destroying the cabinetry (so it can be re-used in the shop)...and how best to resurface the lovely (!???!) vinyl covered wallboard so common in manufactured homes kitchen and bath- behind it. Thanks for any help you can offer. Franki