Step 2 fill screw holes and sand.
Do it yourself refinishing kitchen cabinets.
How to use gel stain to spruce up cabinets lamp bases and more.
With a clean cloth and solution of water and detergent clean your cabinet surfaces of dirt and grease that is typically found on kitchen surfaces.
Unless you do absolutely no frying in your kitchen or never work with oils and butter your kitchen cabinets will eventually take on a patina of fingerprints frying residue and smoke from frying.
Order new cabinet doors and drawer fronts from a supplier.
Replacing cabinets that are sticky with frying residue and smudged with fingerprints can be expensive especially in a large kitchen.
Apply masking tape to all surfaces such as the ceiling where cabinet edges meet surfaces you don t plan to paint.
Companies such as advantage cabinet doors let you order the right size as well as the desired finish and wood species for your new cabinet doors.
Take out all removable shelves.
This refinish kitchen cabinets project isn t as involved or as messy as a complete kitchen remodel but it s still a major undertaking.
What you would need to do.
All plates bowls knick knacks shelves etc.