How To Change Or Restore A Cabinet Moldings

Change or restore a cabinet moldings problem

It is not always necessary to restore or completely change the exterior of a cabinet for a different look. Sometimes, with a little ingenuity, a very simple, inexpensive and fast way, we can also achieve the goal. One way is by changing or restoring a cabinet moldings. We can change, varnishing, painting them a new color, in short, there are many alternatives that allow us to change the look of furniture without the need of much work.

On many occasions we have been dedicated to restoring old furniture, trying to remain as new, looking for a more attractive furniture for our homes. We managed, with a little skill and, above all, very little economic cost, revive those old and damaged items, achieving reuse when we thought we were destined for the trash. We have learned to restore wood step , to varnish, and many other things. Anyway, if something is true, is that for most of these jobs have needed time and shabby furniture. However, it is not always so.

We often have furniture that are not in bad shape, but nevertheless we would like to change the style in order to achieve a radical change in our rooms . From this, today I want to provide a nice alternative.

The cabinets of our rooms do not usually receive a lot of changes over the course of the years, we believe it can be a hard, almost impossible in fact to decide the style of the room based on the cabinet we have. However, placing a different color molding cabinet can significantly change its external appearance.

Thus, seeking to renew the appearance of a closet, easily, quickly and economically, we can choose a decorative moldings colocares. If already available furniture moldings, in that case we can change its color.

In the latter case, what we must do to paint the existing molding is to place masking tape around moldings, and some sort of paper on the floor to protect it from the paint.

For this work ideally, non-aqueous paint, whose characteristics allow quick drying. To use a fine paint brush.

If you do not want to paint a different color, we can varnish the trim to give brighter than the rest of the furniture.
If the closet or cabinet does not have moldings and placing desire, I will work on them first before placement. We apply a layer of primer and two of paint. Later, once dry, will place the cabinet moldings securing it with wood glue and nails tip loss.

If however, the idea is to replace the existing ones, to remove old can use a spatula to lever (of course, very carefully), or, in case you can not because they have been glued together, we can try to soften it with a heat gun.