Refinishing Kitchen Cabinets - Experiences/Recommendations

[Owego]

For years I've considered replacing or refinishing my kitchen cabinets.  The doors would be easy, but the airborne dust involved with sanding the frames made the job too unpleasant.  Recent experience with an R/O 150 (5) made me rethink the doability of this.  I'm posting to see if  other members have tried this kind sanding in place .  My cabinets are 30 year old oak with polyurethane finish.  I'm also thinking that a smaller sander (a 90 ?) might be better suited for the narrow frames faces.
I have a CT26 dust management.

Thanks, Tom

 

[bkharman]

I have used both the 90 and an ets 150 to sand oak frames down to bare wood. I then used bondo and grain filler and SW wall and wood to get rid of the grain... That too needed some sanding. All in all it was a good amount of work, but not a dusty project by any means.

In my case I built new doors and drawers so I have no experience there for you.

Cheers. Bryan.

 

[sancho57]

Strip with a industrial strength stripper, not one Ya get from the HD .. But a good one. Remove stripper with a putty knife,  then dip some 0000 steel wool in the neutraliser, rub vigorously to remove the stripper

Then sand , hand sand if Ya get all the old finish off,

Use a HSK that you can hook up to your CT for dust...

Next stain, clear coat, then have a beer....

 

[fshanno]

About to start the same project for a client.  Sand in place.  Rehabilitate and rehang the doors.  New hardware and new glides.

Interesting things are being done with oak that take advantage of the heavy grain.  Black with white filler and the reverse.

 

[ear3]

The RO90 might catch a bit more of the dust, since not as much will be hanging off the frame, but even with the 150 it should go pretty well. You may be eating through some sandpaper though, depending upon how thick the finish is, and you might want to get one of those wax sticks that cleans out the paper, as it will probably get all funky well before the abrasive quality is diminished. I sanded some window casing in place with a similar finish, and didn't even bother to cover the furniture because the dust collection was so good.

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For years I've considered replacing or refinishing my kitchen cabinets.  The doors would be easy, but the airborne dust involved with sanding the frames made the job too unpleasant.  Recent experience with an R/O 150 (5) made me rethink the doability of this.  I'm posting to see if  other members have tried this kind sanding in place .  My cabinets are 30 year old oak with polyurethane finish.  I'm also thinking that a smaller sander (a 90 ?) might be better suited for the narrow frames faces.
I have a CT26 dust management.

Thanks, Tom
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