New cabinet - falling or racked? Please help
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Comments (8)Actually, jrueter, one of the advantages of wood - among many - is that, if there is a "disaster", it's easily repairable simply by sanding and recoating with the Waterlox. I've lived in my house for 2.5 years with the pine wood floors and have had no issues whatsoever. There is a barrier between the wood and water. Just caulk around the base of the toilet and tub and voila! You're all set. I think there are more advantages to wood floors in bathrooms than tile, but that's just my opinion. I love how soft and warm the pine is under foot, including in the winter. As I said, it's not slippery when it's wet. If it scratches or something, just sand out the mar and seal. If ceramic breaks, you're stuff. Other options, though, are sheet flooring in a polymer. Very tough and never need sealing as they are naturally water repellant. But they can be slippery when they're wet, so be sure to address that. This post was edited by Tibbrix on Tue, Mar 4, 14 at 19:29...See MoreHELP! Please ADVISE...Refinishing brand new kitchen cabinets (tears)
Comments (20)I think you should try painting the walls a color first because I think that makes a huge impact. We are building a house in a subdivision so color choices are limited. I told our sales lady that I wanted white cabinets. She, and the other salesman, warned me that they had a blue cast to them. They kept trying to talk me into the cream but I want white. They had me go look at a house that had them with the builder’s Dover White walls. The cabinets looked blue! But I had no other options for white so decided to get them anyway hoping wall paint would help. When we went to the design center to officially pick them they didn’t look blue at all. They were the perfect white! I’ve been worried that the sample wasn’t actually the same color and they’d still be blue. Last week my sales lady got me a scrap of trim to take to pick out my granite. No blue! So, my point is, it’s the stupid wall paint that makes them look blue. So I will have to paint my walls so my cabinets look good. Here’s a kitchen we looked at (not our floor plan). The cabinets look like the color from a spray paint can. Their counters don’t help either....See MoreBrand new Custom Kitchen cabinets chipping PLEASE HELP!
Comments (8)All cabinets chip with normal wear and tear. Sharp 90 degree edges will always show that first. Sharp 90 degree edges should be avoided if at all possible. Edges should be slightly rounded over. Painted cabinets show normal chipping far worse than stained. If the project is not finished, touch ups have not yet been done. Those are normal wear spots for chipping to occur. Whether or not that is normal chipping depends on the processes and materials that were used. Site built and finished with house paint? Normal. Conversion varnish? Less normal, but not unheard of with those sharp edges. Learning how to touch these up is in your future as they will need that every so often. This is a teaching that your cabinet maker or installer should provide at the end of the project, along with how to adjust your doors and drawers to account for seasonal movement....See MoreHELP! New trim keeps falling off!
Comments (23)Were these cabinets painted onsite? Or this is a manufacturer painted cabinet? If this is a manufacturer painted cabinet and molding came from the manufacturer with matching paint you don't fill and sand the filler off and paint afterward. First of all, you have to use a No-Mar Tip attachment on the nail gun to prevent surface damage when you nail any cabinet trim and you have to use the right gauge brads to fasten the molding to leave tiny nail holes which barely seen. If the filler is used, the manufacturer provides a touch-up kit with color matching marker, filler, etc, and there are ways of using them that you will never know there was a nail hole a chip, etc. the touchup is seamless. This molding is shot, you need a new molding, by the time you take it off, re-cut/adjust miters, clean it up, etc being installed at eye level you will see everything and it will not be a pretty picture. Frankly speaking, someone screwed up, new molding needs to be ordered and re-installed and hopefully by someone else who knows what they doing. Good luck...See MoreLaurie H
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