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Finish and Install Drawer Fronts

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My Wife Wanted Fluted Wood Panels, I don't have a CNC.

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What happens here

Begin by using wood filler to hide all brad nail holes on the assembled drawer fronts and fill any imperfections on the cabinet carcass. Once dry, sand all wood surfaces (vanity carcass and drawer fronts) meticulously, progressing through grits up to 220, to achieve a perfectly smooth finish. Apply a fruitwood-colored wood stain (e.g., Minwax) evenly to all exposed wood surfaces. Allow the stain to dry completely. For installation, carefully position each fluted drawer front onto its corresponding drawer box using shims or spacers to ensure even gaps on all sides. Drive a single 1-inch screw through the inside of the drawer box into the center of the drawer front (where the knob will be) to temporarily secure it. Remove the shims, pull the drawer open, and add additional 1-inch screws from the inside of the drawer box to permanently secure the drawer front. Finally, attach the brass knobs to the center of each drawer front.

Goal: Fill nail holes, sand all wood surfaces, apply wood stain to the entire vanity and drawer fronts, then precisely attach the fluted fronts and hardware.

Tools and materials

  • Brass Knobs
  • Drill/Driver
  • Foam Brush or Rag
  • Orbital Sander
  • Sandpaper
  • Screws
  • Shims/Spacers
  • Wood Filler
  • Wood Stain

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[Music] enj the drawer faces are all put together now that's left is to fill in all these little brad nails sand everything done and also sand the vanity itself and then we'll stain it I'm going to use fruit wood I've done a little experiment it looked perfect the misses approves the most important part so of course and I don't know how you can prevent this from happening uh but of course the hole that's it completely in the center of this whole piece for the drawer pull is on the side part of the flute so I'm starting to kind of drill at an angle then straighten out and go straight down but um yeah [Music] fun all right getting ready to stain I'm so excited about applying this because this is end grain and it's continual and it's a pattern so it's going to pop more than what side grain would do I'm so excited let's do this [Music] so here's how we're going to install these puppies drawer faces a little pain in the butt especially when they are recessed like that I'm going to use shims you can use spacers anything you want and I'm going to put them in until everything is perfectly even completely around now that the gaps are appropriate I'm then going to take a screw and drive it right in the middle where the knob is going to go this will hold the face frame to the drawer temporarily now pop these off carefully pull our drawer out and secure them with 1-in screws on the inside then we're going to remove our set screw we're going to drill all the way through and ATT charch our Hardware this is the hardware this little beautiful little subtle brass that's going to go on there the detail is going to be so incredible let me finish this off and I cannot wait

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