How To Add Molding To Cabinet Doors

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How to add molding to cabinet doors. It was quick and easy to add trim to these flat panel cabinet doors we installed in the wall from ikea. A very simple and quick update is to add molding or trim to the cabinet doors. Use wood putty to fill in the gaps at the mitered corners and to fill in any nail holes. And then on occasion i also use the panel molding that has the rabbet on the back.

With the four sides of the frame mitered attach the lip molding to the cabinet door first with a thin layer of glue then secure it with a nail gun image 1. I used this to make the cabinet doors and drawer fronts in the condo bathroom. There is not enough room on drawer fronts or cabinet face frames. Liquid nail is a great product because it s strong and will last.

If you won t be painting over the doors completely remember to stain or paint the trim to match. Anyone can add value to cabinet doors with the right trim and clean tight fitting mitered corners. Once it was time to add the trim moulding my pin nailer arrived and i was ready to put it to work. Types of trim trim molding consist of two types.

The first problem was that there was no lip on the cabinet in which to add molding as the doors ended so did the top of the cabinet. One has a 90 degree lip to fit on edges and the. And of course there are the basics quarter round and shoe molding. After the putty has dried sand prime and paint the cabinet doors image 2.

You can attach using short nails but for doors that are thin you want to use a strong adhesive.