Prepping My IKEA Veddinge Cupboard Doorways & Drawer Fronts For Paint – Sanding, Including Trim, And so forth.

I did have a tough time deciding simply how I needed to trim them out, although. I thought-about numerous designs (a few of which you’ll see right here), and completely different choices to get that design. I believed I had landed on the concept of utilizing Overlays (that are laser lower designs that you just adhere to the fronts of the doorways), however the deciding issue all got here right down to the one cupboard proper in the midst of the mural wall that has six 5-inch-high drawers. In the long run, I made a decision that I needed these drawers trimmed out individually, however no design I attempted would match on these brief drawer fronts. In a pc drawing, it appeared to work…

However after I tried that concept with actual trim on an actual drawer entrance, I spotted actually rapidly that precise trim takes up far more area than a skinny drawn line on a pc mock up.

In order that’s what I did. I had in thoughts that I might use wooden lattice trim. The worth for wooden lattice is sort of the vary, from $1.48 per linear foot (which might have price $556.48 for the quantity I wanted) to $0.98 per linear foot (which might have price $368.48 for the quantity I wanted).

There’s additionally a small trim known as display, which I’ve used many instances through the years for varied tasks. It’s $0.78 per linear foot, which might have come to $293.28. I most likely would have bought this one had they’d sufficient in inventory. However they have been nearly offered out.

That they had the identical display trim within the plastic trim, however this price $3.48 per 8-foot piece. That’s $0.44 per linear foot.

In order that’s what I bought, and it price $163.56 for all of the trim I wanted for all three sections of cupboards within the studio.

To prep the cupboard doorways and drawer fronts for trim and paint, I wanted to sand the tremendous shiny end off of all of them. I did this utilizing my electrical sander and 100-grit sandpaper discs. I attempted 120-grit, however that didn’t lower by way of that manufacturing facility end. (The end on IKEA Veddinge cupboard door and drawer fronts is superb and extremely sturdy, FYI. I might think about they’re all like this, and I’m fairly impressed with the standard of the end. If solely they offered pink doorways! 😀 ) The 100-grit labored rather well, although. I took extra of the end off than was vital on this primary cupboard door. On the following ones, I sanded simply sufficient to take away the shine, however probably not sufficient to see by way of the white paint.

After they have been all sanded, I made myself a jig to mark the place the trim would go on every door and drawer entrance. Since IKEA Veddinge doorways are 5/8-inch thick, I made the jig with one piece of scrap 1-inch lumber ripped to 1 3/8 inch (do not forget that 1-inch lumber is definitely 3/4-inch thick), and nailed that to a different scrap piece of 1-inch lumber ripped to 1 inch. That manner, once they have been nailed collectively, the within of the larger piece was 5/8 inch to suit completely on the aspect fringe of the door or drawer entrance, and the piece that might go on prime of the door would mark the 1-inch area that I needed to go away on the sting earlier than the trim.

I lower the items to 36 inches lengthy since that was the width of the widest drawer fronts.

So after sanding every door and drawer entrance, I positioned my jig on the sting of the cupboard door with the 1-inch piece on prime of the door, and marked that line. After doing this on all 4 sides, I had a superbly spaced rectangle to mark the place the trim can be hooked up.

Earlier than truly including the trim, I needed to drill holes for the cupboard {hardware}. For the drawers, I purchased these 10-inch pulls. So I folded a chunk of paper (utilizing cardstock or thick photograph paper would have been preferable) and marked the width of the screw holes.

Then I used my tape measure to measure and mark the middle between the screw holes.

Earlier than marking the drawer fronts, I positioned a chunk of painters tape the place the pull would go…

After which utilizing my tape measure, I measured and marked the middle of the peak of the drawer. I did this in two locations.

After which utilizing a straight edge, I used these two marks to attract a line proper down the middle of the drawer top.

Subsequent, I measured over from the sting and marked the center of the drawer.

With the center marked, I used the sample I had made and lined up the center marks, and marked the screw gap positions on the middle line I had drawn.

That gave me the right spacing for the drawer pull.

Earlier than I drilled the holes on the very first drawer entrance, I double checked the marks. However as soon as I knew my sample was proper, I didn’t double test the following drawer fronts.

After which I used to be able to drill the holes.

And voila! Completely positioned, completely spaced holes for the drawer pull.

I do know that appeared like a protracted, drawn out course of, however you solely must make one sample (or one for every dimension of pull). After you have a sample, the remainder of the method goes in a short time. I believe it took me about two minutes to do every drawer entrance.

I assembled the frames earlier than attaching them to the drawer fronts, and I assembled them utilizing my sizzling glue gun. It solely took only a very small quantity of sizzling glue to place the frames collectively.

I let the glue dry for a minute or two, after which flipped the body over and added a bead of Loctite building adhesive to the again. One factor I really like about this plastic trim is that the again is definitely indented, making it excellent to make use of with building adhesive. When utilizing trim that has a flat again, the development adhesive normally squishes out the perimeters as soon as the trim is utilized. I didn’t have that subject with this trim.

And right here’s a peek at a drawer entrance with the brand new trim and a drawer pull sitting in place.