DIY Bath cabinet refacing

6 years ago

Questions: How hard is it to do an EXCELLENT job of refacing basic bath cabinet? Which materials/supplier would you recommend, including cabinet doors & drawer fronts?

Basic bath with now-unfashionable wall-to-wall cabinet; cabinet finish has degraded with water staining. We can't replace with a modern furniture-style cabinet and haven't found any replacement possibilities, so will either gel stain & varnish (General Finishes) or reface w/new doors & fronts. Either will be DIY. Sampling a door with gel stain right now to see if we can get it to look good. We like wood tone/grain, so not inclined to do straight paint over the open-grain oak.

Thanks in advance.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
6 years ago
I need some actual pictures and the size of this cabinet. IMO if it damaged and out of style I sure would not spend money on new doors and drawer fronts since those are the pricey item in cabinets. Post some pics of the space the measurements and the doors you want to replace
Beth H. :
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
are we talking an old oak bath cabinet? it's easy enough to strip off old finish and get it down to bare wood, if you are accustomed to refinishing wood. Is it a solid red oak of the 90's?

lets a pic first.

since it's wall to wall, it's worth the money to call in a custom cabinet maker and have them make you one to fit. it will look 100X better than refinishing a 20-30 year old cabinet.
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Barb Alli
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6 years ago
60" wide. Will be reusing a Corian countertop, undermount sink, framing the wall to wall mirror. This is not meant to be an entire redo, just a simple update to surfaces. We have a generic pig's ear tract home. Looks like the gel stain is a real possibility.