Fill Grooves Kitchen Cabinets

Fill grooves and gouges in the table with the putty.

Fill grooves kitchen cabinets.

Transforming existing cabinets goes a long way in updating the look of your kitchen. I want to polyurethane the top for easy clean up but have been told the grooves will not fill in and get me the smooth surface i am looking for. This table has grooves which look exactly like panelling on walls from the 1970 s and every crumb finds its way inside and becomes a gooey mess that i simply cannot keep clean. Looking for more furniture or painting techniques.

How to fill in etched grooves on my kitchen cabinets. Slightly overfill the groove and then allow the putty to dry according to package directions. Also the purpose of the filler was also to seal the pores and diminish any future recessing of the grain. I plan on painting them white.

Oct 8 2014 during the week the ed had off from college we tackled several projects around the house. See the groove in the cabinet doors that i mentioned. Press down firmly to make it flush with surrounding paneling then sand it smooth use a sanding pole or sanding block to make it flat. All of my kitchen cabinets have a single very shallow line router pattern in them.

I would have probably sanded through the primer so many times and start over. I did some research and landed on a pinterest. Yeah it was so not working for me. My house was built in 1964 and the cabinets are original.

I thought about purchasing new wood cabinet doors but when i. They are in perfect condition and hate to ripe them out. I want to fill them in before painting so the doors are smooth. My problem is the doors have that burned in etched design.

How to paint old kitchen cabinets. Minor details such as handles hinges and stenciled or carved. Choose a stainable wood filler. The cabinets are made of very thick oak wood no mdf or particle board here and the cabinet doors are made of a softer birch wood.

Finally you re ready to paint. One of the most exciting is getting rid of the 70s groove in our kitchen. To give you an idea of the depth you can place a 5mm size bb in the router line and of the bb would be exposed. To fill the grooves get drywall joint compound and apply to the grooves with a 6 inch drywall knife.

Step 6 sand the wood putty with fine grit sandpaper until the surface is smooth and even with the rest of the table. Not only may outdated cabinets with shallow routed designs or etchings detract from a kitchen s value and appeal but the narrow ruts also can be a grunge trap.