Kitchen Makeover Part 4: Add Doors

We left the doors to sit unattached and cure while we were at the beach for the week, and upon returning they definitely were harder, although I was able to pick off a few of the drips (just the top part) from painting the sides.  We got the bottom doors back on on Sunday evening after we got back, then got the top cabinet doors back on on Tuesday evening.  It was definitely a two person job, especially with my bum hand (recovering from the cut and anding sprain still, starting PT soon, should have started sooner).

all done!

with natural light the next day

Before and After

A couple lessons learned:

• Put the screws for each door in one bag per door so they don't get all mixed up and then you use the wrong screws for the wrong door and have to re-do it.
• Before taking the doors off, take pictures of how the hinges go, especially if you have any funky ones like for the lazy-susan cabinet, and check if all the hinges are the same or whether you have one set of cabinets that just happen to have different hinges from the rest.  Note it all or take pics.
• Not sure that the foam roller that we used was the right one as there are still some areas (like the back of the doors - don't look too close if you come over) that are a bit light and could have used another coat, despite being cabinet rollers.  Maybe a different roller or just needed more paint/coats? 

The full story:    Part 1: Prep and Sanding     Part 2: Priming      Part 3: Painting  

And the hand story...

Tiny cut with the blade below trying to get a rubber bumper off the cabinet before painting.

Do not put your stabilizing hand in front of the blade in any way, shape or placement - keep the area in front of the blade clear for multiple feet!  Two feet away was not far enough.

Added a band-aid, continued to sand, then dropped the sander and tried to catch it - possible sprain?

All wrapped up 3 days later to travel to NYC - trying to straighten the thumb

One month later, hand weakness and loss of left thumb extension due to cutting that tendon - the hand doc said surgery is the only option - I'll try PT first thank you, and maybe only ever have 1.65 thumbs up - so much for hitchhiking with the left hand - ha!