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The current project on the Honey-Do list is restoring some of the luster to our worn, solid oak kitchen cabinets. The kitchen was remodeled about ten years ago when we moved into the house. It was an old, 1950s kitchen with some kind of linoleum type floor, old, broken down appliances and old pine cabinets that had been painted several times over the years. We basically ripped everything out and started from scratch.

The first step in remodeling the kitchen was a bit of construction including removing a wall which separated the cooking area from the area where the kitchen table is. This really opened the place up. Then electrical and plumbing upgrades were made. Old houses always have too few electrical outlets. We tripled the number of outlets around the countertop area and added high hat lighting. On the construction end we also added a large bay window which made a huge impact on the room, especially since it is a southern exposure. The old flooring was torn up and replaced with a beautiful ceramic floor.

So the cabinets, which are of a good quality, are in decent shape but are showing signs of moderate wear and tear. The polyurethane coating on some cabinets, especially ones that get used a lot and are near the sink and stove have the most obvious wear. I started by taking a wire brush attachment on my drill to strip away some of the loose pieces that were slowly coming off by themselves. I have a great little drill driver that is powered by a Makita 9.6v battery which I have used in countless projects around the house.

After about 10 minutes I noticed that the drill was noticeably losing power. This was odd because I had the battery on the charger overnight. This should have been plenty of charging time for a full charge, plus I had just bought two new battery packs, so these weren’t likely to be the problem. Turns out that the Makita battery charger was not functioning properly and needed to be replaced. So I ordered one and the new one works great.

In no time I was back to step one of my project and using the wire brush to prepare the cabinets. After the loosest pieces were gone, I used a medium grit sandpaper to lightly sand the cabinet doors, paying special attention to the areas where the wood grain was exposed most. Then I used a finer sandpaper to really smooth out the surface. I used a polyurethane made specifically for oak cabinets and applied an even coating. I also sanded and applied a new layer of polyurethane to the oak trim around the countertop. What a difference, now the most worn cabinet doors look better than the ones that hardly get used.

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