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Offline Mamushka

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Trim (sand) cabinet decals
« on: July 16, 2024, 06:00:43 PM »
Well this is HEP doing it, so I'm assuming it is the best way to make the edges look good. Anyone try this yet?

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Re: Trim (sand) cabinet decals
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2024, 06:53:27 PM »
No...I am no expert, but I have sanded down, primed, painted a couple of cabinets. I see he used black gloss paint, but I don't get why he sanded down the cabinet before putting the decal on?  Maybe to give the decal something to grab?
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Re: Trim (sand) cabinet decals
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2024, 11:02:08 PM »
Sorry, thought I thought the link would jump to the time 11:50. He doesn't cut the decals at the corners, he sands them away,
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Re: Trim (sand) cabinet decals
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2024, 07:50:42 PM »
At the end he says he refinishes the edges.  So the sanding must make a clean flat edge then he somehow paints the edges.  Not sure I would do this with a repaired old cab when the edges may have some epoxy or bond on them to fill splits and stuff.  Could crack it off and then your skrewwwwwed since the decal is on already.  Could do it with a new cab though. 
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Re: Trim (sand) cabinet decals
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2024, 03:14:07 PM »
Side decals on first then cut the fronts clean.  I have used a paint pen on some corners of old & new cabinets to cover imperfections, seem to do that less nowadays.
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