Kitchen Cabinet Care Tips

**rameshxavier** · 07-20-2010, 04:43 AM

Basic kitchen cabinet maintenance

Moisture, dusts, and crawling creatures can penetrate your cabinets any time if the drawers and doors are not closed properly. Ensure that all the doors and drawers are fully closed to maintain what's inside. Doors or drawers that do not close fully should be repaired.

Repainting kitchen cabinets

If there is a need to repaint the cabinets, choose between latex and oil. They both provide several advantages but most professional painters prefer oil-based paint since it provides smoother and durable surface. Latex-based paint on the other hand can be cleaned easily and quickly.

Repainting kitchen cabinets is the most cost-effective way to give your kitchen area a good new look. But if the task needs more than that, then you should choose between re facing and replacing your kitchen cabinets.

Re-facing kitchen cabinets

Re-facing kitchen cabinets provide several advantages to homeowners especially on the cost. It is generally cheaper to reface kitchen cabinets than replace them. Refaced kitchen cabinets provide clean, fresh and up to date look of the kitchen area. It redefines the kitchen surrounding. And if you are planning to sell your home, good, clean and newly refaced kitchen cabinets are more appealing to potential buyers.