The Home Improvements Thread (3)

 
Snyper564 said:
And kitchen is currently being offloaded! will keep updates on the progress :)
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And day one done!

Almost all packed out sooo much storage!

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Security door to be removed and wall cupboards also going up. Also room doors to be sorted out too

Dog for scale

End is in sight!!!

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I like that colour paint. What is it called? Sorry, if you did list in in your prior posts. Too lazy to search.
 
Has anyone refurbished kitchen cabinet fronts? The previous owners of my place "repainted" all the kitchen cabinets in my flatlet with some enamel looking paint and didn't do a good job. I've been living with it as I keep saying I'm going to renovate and rip it all out so I don't want to waste time fixing it up, but the renovations may still be a year or two away and it's starting to annoy me.

I did a test on one of the drawer fronts over the weekend and was able to sand off the old paint without too much pain (I thought it would clog up the sandpaper, but wasn't too bad). I then sprayed two coats of primer, sanded and finished with a plain white semi-gloss and a clear coat. It looks much better, but I think I will rather do a full gloss white if I carry on down this path. I also removed the old edge banding and applied a new white one but I'm waiting on delivery of some tools to make this easier to do.

The problem with this is that's it pretty time consuming, I figured it would probably take me at least 5 weekends to get this done as I would need to do it in sections as I don't have the space to spray everything at once, and it's also annoying all the waiting between coats, not to mention all the sanding (even if a sander makes this a lot quicker).

The other option is to just get some cheap melamine boards and completely replace all the fronts entirely, I would however need to be able to make very accurate cuts and I don't have a way to do that (I've been tempted to get myself a track saw) and I would need to attach all the hardware again which can be finicky. Still would need to do all the edge banding.

Feels like a waste to throw away all the existing material but I would probably end up with a better result for a similar amount of money, that being the key here - I want to spend as little as possible.

Any thoughts and experiences with this?
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
Has anyone refurbished kitchen cabinet fronts? The previous owners of my place "repainted" all the kitchen cabinets in my flatlet with some enamel looking paint and didn't do a good job. I've been living with it as I keep saying I'm going to renovate and rip it all out so I don't want to waste time fixing it up, but the renovations may still be a year or two away and it's starting to annoy me.

I did a test on one of the drawer fronts over the weekend and was able to sand off the old paint without too much pain (I thought it would clog up the sandpaper, but wasn't too bad). I then sprayed two coats of primer, sanded and finished with a plain white semi-gloss and a clear coat. It looks much better, but I think I will rather do a full gloss white if I carry on down this path. I also removed the old edge banding and applied a new white one but I'm waiting on delivery of some tools to make this easier to do.

The problem with this is that's it pretty time consuming, I figured it would probably take me at least 5 weekends to get this done as I would need to do it in sections as I don't have the space to spray everything at once, and it's also annoying all the waiting between coats, not to mention all the sanding (even if a sander makes this a lot quicker).

The other option is to just get some cheap melamine boards and completely replace all the fronts entirely, I would however need to be able to make very accurate cuts and I don't have a way to do that (I've been tempted to get myself a track saw) and I would need to attach all the hardware again which can be finicky. Still would need to do all the edge banding.

Feels like a waste to throw away all the existing material but I would probably end up with a better result for a similar amount of money, that being the key here - I want to spend as little as possible.

Any thoughts and experiences with this?
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Did something similar from varnished "wood" to grey then ripped that out 7 years later.

Do a light sanding to the current board, VERY light then use primer and repaint. will buy you a few more years.

Not the best before photos but you get the idea

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and now :)

The Home Improvements Thread (3)

That multicolored one reminds me of the one we used in the shower: nice! We love the pattern especially after all the tiles we saw in Portugal last year!
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Alternatively WRAP the doors in vinyl seen that floating around lately
 
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DrJohnZoidberg said:
Has anyone refurbished kitchen cabinet fronts? The previous owners of my place "repainted" all the kitchen cabinets in my flatlet with some enamel looking paint and didn't do a good job. I've been living with it as I keep saying I'm going to renovate and rip it all out so I don't want to waste time fixing it up, but the renovations may still be a year or two away and it's starting to annoy me.

I did a test on one of the drawer fronts over the weekend and was able to sand off the old paint without too much pain (I thought it would clog up the sandpaper, but wasn't too bad). I then sprayed two coats of primer, sanded and finished with a plain white semi-gloss and a clear coat. It looks much better, but I think I will rather do a full gloss white if I carry on down this path. I also removed the old edge banding and applied a new white one but I'm waiting on delivery of some tools to make this easier to do.

The problem with this is that's it pretty time consuming, I figured it would probably take me at least 5 weekends to get this done as I would need to do it in sections as I don't have the space to spray everything at once, and it's also annoying all the waiting between coats, not to mention all the sanding (even if a sander makes this a lot quicker).

The other option is to just get some cheap melamine boards and completely replace all the fronts entirely, I would however need to be able to make very accurate cuts and I don't have a way to do that (I've been tempted to get myself a track saw) and I would need to attach all the hardware again which can be finicky. Still would need to do all the edge banding.

Feels like a waste to throw away all the existing material but I would probably end up with a better result for a similar amount of money, that being the key here - I want to spend as little as possible.

Any thoughts and experiences with this?
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A single sheet(2750*1830) of iceberg white peen will set you back about R1300, 1mm impact edge banding is about R11 a meter, cutting to your specs, about R30 a sheet, about R 3 a hole for hinges.. of course depending on your board supplier..

The above are about a month old, based on costs for my kitchen cupboards..

Go measure all your doors and fronts and you can then get total surface area and see how many sheets you would need and running meters for edge banding, how many holes and get a rough idea of costs if you replaced everything all together..
 
WAslayer said:
A single sheet(2750*1830) of iceberg white peen will set you back about R1300, 1mm impact edge banding is about R11 a meter, cutting to your specs, about R30 a sheet, about R 3 a hole for hinges.. of course depending on your board supplier..

The above are about a month old, based on costs for my kitchen cupboards..

Go measure all your doors and fronts and you can then get total surface area and see how many sheets you would need and running meters for edge banding, how many holes and get a rough idea of costs if you replaced everything all together..
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Thanks for the info. Which place is this pricing from?
 
Weeee kitchen install done tomorrow then it's onto last tiling painting connection of plugs and plumbing!
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jojo tank also arrived so that I can connect "waste" RO water to it so its used.

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