How To Refinish Old Kitchen Cabinet Hinges

To match the color exactly mix two or more shades of oil-based wood putty.

How to refinish old kitchen cabinet hinges. Fill the old hardware holes in the doors with oil- or water-based wood filler drawers and cabinet frames after the final coat of finish is dry. You cannot use steel wool on brass-plated hinges however or you may ruin them. Then spray a light coat on hinges as well as screw heads.

Accomplish this by using a cordless drill fitted with a driver bit to turn out the screws on the hinges. Before you remove the cabinet doors use a box cutter to score the wood at the tops and bottoms of the hinge hardware for each door. Leave the floor covering under the cabinets intact.

If you cannot remove cabinet boxes relatively easily remove all cabinet doors and drawer fronts. Let the hinges dry completely. How to Clean Kitchen Cabinet Hardware.

Leave it for a minute then take it out and wash it off under a stream of water. YOull be many dollars and hours of labor ahead. If rust is still present try using steel wool on the metal parts.

Sprinkle salt in the water if your hinges are tarnished. Once the water comes to a boil turn the heat to low. The cabinets were hung without their doors and drawers so my next step was to clean the door pulls and fix any hinges that needed fixing.

Reface Kitchen Cabinets Photo by David Carmack. If the hinges of your cabinets are already painted you may want to strip the old paint. Remove the hinge pin with a screwdriver or a cold chisel.