| If you have an old pine wood cabinet at home | | | | Here are some simple steps on how to give your |
| and the color has faded, do you know that you | | | | old cabinet a new coating. |
| can actually recycle it instead of disposing it | | | | 1. Remove all drawers from the wood cabinet and |
| away? | | | | lay them on the floor. |
| A pine wood cabinet is a tough cabinet which can | | | | 2. Use a cement scraper to remove the old |
| last many years. The cabinet can withstand the | | | | coating. Do this carefully and ensure that you do |
| test of time unless something breaks it apart. | | | | not damage the wood. |
| However, the color of the cabinet may not last | | | | 3. Use a rag and rub some striper to remove any |
| but will fade with time. | | | | stubborn coating on the wood. Allow the wood to |
| When the color starts to fade, it will cause the | | | | dry up. |
| cabinet to look old, dull and dirty. By then, most | | | | 4. Use sandpaper to sand the wood till it is |
| homeowners would choose to dispose it away as | | | | smooth. |
| it would be an awful sight if left in the house. | | | | 5. Use a dry clean rag to dusk away all sanding |
| If you find that the cabinet is still in good | | | | residue on the wood until it is clean. |
| condition, you can recycle it easily by applying it | | | | 6. Use a paint sprayer to spray a coat of new |
| with a new coat of paint. If you like the old color, | | | | paint on the wood and leave to dry. This may |
| you can get the same color and re-apply on it. | | | | take a day to dry up completely. |
| However if you like something different, you can | | | | 7. Check the coating quality and color. If it is not |
| apply a little bit of creativity to make the cabinet | | | | to your requirement, apply another layer of |
| looks more modern, more classical or more | | | | coating and leave to dry. This may take another |
| colorful. | | | | day. |
| To do this, all you need is to get some liquid | | | | 8. If you want to create something different, use |
| based paints, sandpaper, portable vacuum, paint | | | | a fine brush and different colors to create your |
| sprayer, furniture striper, brushes and rags to | | | | design on the cabinet. |
| start the job. Remember to lay some | | | | 9. Repeat the above step 2 to step 8 on the |
| newspapers on the floor before starting the job | | | | drawers that were taken out during step 1. |
| to prevent it from being dirties by the paints. | | | | |