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Advantages of Plywood Cabinets

March 13th, 2010 No comments

If you are wondering if the advantages of Plywood cabinets are worth the additional expense consider reading about the disadvantages of using particle board on cupboards.  The biggest benefit of using this material is that you will not have to worry about getting water damage to the actual cabinet.

 

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Disadvantages of Particleboard Cabinets

March 13th, 2010 No comments

There are only a few disadvantages of having kitchen or bathroom vanity particle board cabinets. Many European style cupboards were fabricated using this material during the late nineteen eighties into the years of two thousand. read Disadvantages of Particleboard Cabinets

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Installing Vent in Computer Electronics Cabinet

March 6th, 2010 No comments

If you would like to cut a vent in the side of a cabinet to allow for ventallation its rather easy to do. Oftentimes people want to have computer printers and even computer towers stored behind the doors of their office cabinetry. In entertainment units sometimes it’s necessary to make sure that the electronics equipment has plenty of ventillation. All you need is to purchase a vent from a hardware supply company such as Home Deopot. They sell them in various sizes and colors, with white being the most popular of their inventory.
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How To Fix Loose Wood Cabinet Veneer

February 24th, 2010 No comments

I recently was challenged with figuring out how to fix a few loose strips of maple real-wood-veneer that were on kitchen cabinets. The original contact glue apparently was loosing it’s bonding strength after about ten years. It was not just a fluke that these edges had started to peal away from the tall diagonal open shelf cabinet.

This article teaches the method for bonding an edge that has started pulling away from the cupboard. It is not intended to explain how to re-fasten a large piece of wood laminate that is coming off of a cupboard.

The Materials and Tools Needed for the Repair

1)Very fine artists paint brush
2)Brand name contact glue adhesive for cabinet fabrication or repair
3)Putty knife
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Painting Old Sink Cabinet Bottoms

February 18th, 2010 No comments

When you decide to clean out underneath the old sink cabinet you may want to consider painting the area. A word of caution though, if the old sink cabinet bottom has absorbed some sort of liquid and has swelled, you may be in for a challenging task. The reason I say this is because if the substance was lotion that soaked into the flake board, you will have a very tough time getting the paint to adhere.
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