October 17th, 2007

Painted kitchen cabinets are easier than you think to refinish.

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I live in an old home that was in need of updates. The kitchen, in particular, was an eyesore. The previous owners had painted the kitchen cabinets more than once. I prefer wooden cabinetry, and I planned to replace all of the existing cabinets with brand new ones. I had been shopping around at home improvement centers for a design that would catch my eye. One night, while flipping through the channels on the television, I saw an infomercial for an innovative product. It was designed to remove thick layers of paint from surfaces. I watched the remainder of the program. It looked simple enough. You spray it on, let it sit for a while, and wipe it off. The layers of paint are lifted from the surface. Scrubbing and scraping is not necessary, and the surface you are working with is not harmed in the process. I decided to order the product, just to see if it worked. Products like that never work in real-life like they do in the advertisement on television. My package arrived a few days later, and I was anxious to get started. Surprisingly, the product worked just like the ad said it would. I sprayed it on my painted kitchen cabinets, let it sit a while, and wiped it off. The cabinets that had been hiding under those thick layers of paint were beautiful. I used Murphy’s Oil Soap to clean them after the paint removal process was complete. Other than that, I did nothing to them. They did not even need to be stained or varnished. Everyone that comes into my kitchen compliments me on my new kitchen cabinets. I just laugh to myself. Little do they know!