Refinishing Raised Panel Doors

Sand the cabinets with 80 grit sandpaper to remove bumps and roughen the surface.

Refinishing raised panel doors.

Set up the sawhorses outside or in the garage. Use a drill driver to unscrew the hinges holding the door to the jamb. Start by removing the cabinet doors drawers and all hardware. Flat front doors and drawers are easily refaced but if yours have raised panels routed profiles or other architectural detailing you can opt to buy new unfinished doors and drawers and stain them along with your cabinets.

Use a short thin screwdriver and a hammer to drive the pins out. A recessed border between the frame and the center panel has space for decorative carved detailing which will also be featured on the drawer fronts. It s so easy in fact that this clip can present a complete overview of the process in just over two and a half minutes time. Place the door flat across two sawhorses.

I first strip using goudey paint or lacquer then scrape it off wash with diluent and sand. Happily refinishing a door is easier than you might think. Lay the door across the. In this case just wipe a coat of your finish on the edges of the panel to seal and saturate the wood s color before assembly.

Clean the cabinets with a mineral spirits dampened rag to remove surface contaminants. Usually with a refinish job sanding is awfully time consuming especially on raised panel doors. A solid wood panel will not work here because you can t glue a solid panel in place. Remove the door from the jamb.

Finally rinse with clear water and allow to dry. Raised panel cabinet door refacing raised panel cabinet doors have a center panel that s raised to the same height as the doorframe. Avoid sanding inside if possible. For more and better information take a look.

If there s some dye stain left in the wood i use chlorine bleach which is good for removing dye stains without affecting the natural color of the wood. Use a hand figuring out how to go about refinishing a pine door. Remove the hinge pins out of the hinges on the interior side of the door. Leave the hinges on the jamb.

This free video diy guide provides some much need help. Pull the scraper with the grain. How to sand raised panel doors. Sand the side and front surfaces of the old cabinets.

Small razor sharp scrapers reach into corners across narrow profiles and on the end grain of raised panels where no rotary sander can safely go.