Jeff Wright
11-20-2010, 4:56 PM
I am nearing the completion of our kitchen remodeling job. I did poplar painted white cabinets with some cherry added in for a counter top on the peninsula and a couple cherry glass doors (and cherry-faced toe-kicks).
My question has to do with the technique for painting the rails and stiles of the cabinets PRIOR TO installing the cabinets in the kitchen. I installed my cabs first and then painted the cabs with brush rather than using my four-stage Apollo HVLP system. To use the HVLP once the cabs were installed was going to be a nightmare taping all the cab interiors which are prefinished maple.
I don't care who you are and how good a cabinet maker you are, prepainting the cabinets and then installing them to have the stiles line up perfectly is not doable. There is no way you could eliminate the joint from showing had you first painted the cabs. I chose instead to install the cabs, sand the adjoining vertical stiles so that they appeared as one piece of wood, and then primed and painted them. There is NO visible joint.
How would a pro have prepainted the cabs and then installed them without any joint line showing? My only thought would be to put a small 45 degree groove on each stile edge and make it appear that I intended to have a joint show where the stiles joined.
Any suggestions for when I make my NEXT kitchen? Thanks!
P.S. The attached photos show some ceiling-mounted cabs and the joined stiles. I will add cherry glass doors next.
My question has to do with the technique for painting the rails and stiles of the cabinets PRIOR TO installing the cabinets in the kitchen. I installed my cabs first and then painted the cabs with brush rather than using my four-stage Apollo HVLP system. To use the HVLP once the cabs were installed was going to be a nightmare taping all the cab interiors which are prefinished maple.
I don't care who you are and how good a cabinet maker you are, prepainting the cabinets and then installing them to have the stiles line up perfectly is not doable. There is no way you could eliminate the joint from showing had you first painted the cabs. I chose instead to install the cabs, sand the adjoining vertical stiles so that they appeared as one piece of wood, and then primed and painted them. There is NO visible joint.
How would a pro have prepainted the cabs and then installed them without any joint line showing? My only thought would be to put a small 45 degree groove on each stile edge and make it appear that I intended to have a joint show where the stiles joined.
Any suggestions for when I make my NEXT kitchen? Thanks!
P.S. The attached photos show some ceiling-mounted cabs and the joined stiles. I will add cherry glass doors next.