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Monday, January 25, 2010

Cupboard Doors Stained & Fitted

As promised some pics of the cupboard doors stained and fitted.  I managed to finish all of the cupboard doors on Sunday, sanded, stained and hung them. I didn't get to hang the doors on the kitchen bench yet,  but that won't take too long.



As you can see,  the doors are all made, routed off, and stained.  I put them in the vehicle to dry, seemed to be the best bet considering the dust that was blowing araound.  The Feast Watson stain takes awhile to dry, but the finish is worth it.  I chose the lightest plywood that I could, but there was some variation in colour.  The stain fixed that though.  They have all come up looking very similar.




While I was wating for the stain to dry,  I hade my first (successful) attempt at cutting the Laminex.  My first attempt was done without the use of the proper scribing tool.  It made a bit of a mess but I salvaged enough to cut to fit into the front of the fridge.  The following pic is of the Laminex panel in the front of the fridge all mounted in place in the Vehicle.  You can get a good idea of the colour in this pic.




Next came time for hanging the overhead cupboard doors.  The hinges at caravan type in brass finish and supplied by Camec.  I think the brass look goes with the Baltic pine finish quite well.  The hanging became a little difficult on my own with the rear cupboards because the tolerances between the back and side cupboards is very fine.  I may have to reduce the size of the back cupboard door yet.




Above.  Front doors on.  These are the only ones that I have made side-opening.  The idea is that I can use the shelf to put a TV on with the doors open.




This one is of course the side cupboards.  I managed to get them all the same height and pretty straight too.




This is the back cupboard doors. You can see the tall cupbaord on the right.  Now all I've got to do is finish hanging the ones on the kitchen beck, varnish and fit knobs and catches.  I've ordered the ctaches from the Award RV Superstore in Fern Tree Gully.  http://www.awardrv.com.au/  Have a look lots of stuff.