October 2nd 2010
Replace Your Drawer Pulls
You decided that it is time to repaint your cabinets. But to completely change the look of your cabinets only repainting them wont do. Changing old drawer knobs with new glass drawer pulls and that new color is the proper way to update your furniture.
Replace Your Drawer Pulls Photo by Meggrs via Flickr
You’re finally completely sick of the color of your kitchen cabinets. While they were nice in the 80’s when you got the place, you also liked big hair and leg warmers back then. It’s time to redo them in a color that is more of what you like today.
The first part of this project is disassembling these cabinets. You don’t want to try to work around the drawer pulls and knobs. Imagine the mess of trying to strip the paint around the drawer pulls, then once that’s done, painting around the drawer pulls without making a mess.
It won’t likely happen. Instead you’ll probably end up having to take the drawer pulls off at that point anyway, to clean off the paint. Might as well just do it to start with.
Once all the hardware is off the cabinets and drawers, you need to clean the items before adding the paint stripper. You don’t need dirt and debris getting in the way of the stripper trying to do its work.
Now prep the workspace. Remember, you are working with stuff that is going to eat through paint. That doesn’t just mean the paint that you are intentionally putting it on, but any painted surface it touches.
If you are doing this job inside, make sure to cover the other things in the room that are not meant to be stripped. The best way to do this project is to take the pieces that you can outside.
Most strippers are relatively easy to use. You will put an ample amount of the stripper on the wood. Don’t be stingy. Then let it do its job. How long that will take will depend on the stripper you have selected for your project. Read the instructions to find out how long you should wait.
Before you wipe the whole thing off, see if it worked. Using a plastic paint scraper, push along part of the painted surface. The paint should start to come up on the scraper. If so, the wood is ready to strip. If not, you may have to wait a little longer.
When you are ready to strip the wood, don’t expect it all to come off. Sometimes you will get one layer of paint off, but some areas will stay painted. This could be because they had a thicker coat of paint there, or that it’s just stubborn. Don’t let it get to you, just remove what you can, and then put another layer of stripper on what’s left and let it do it’s magic.
Once all the old paint has been removed, you need to clean the wood with either lacquer thinner or denatured alcohol. Then leave it for a day or so to dry. Now it’s ready to be worked into a new wonder. Paint it that color you had long wanted, reattach new drawer pulls and other hardware pieces, and enjoy your new kitchen.
Note: After stripping the paint, all the rags, paper and other items that have had the paint stripper on it, should be stored in a metal container, with a lid, until they are disposed of as they are very flammable and sometimes known to spontaneously combust.
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