My neighbor's house is 15 year old. Her kitchen cabinets look okay, but she has been painting them dark cherry, maybe with the idea of preparing to sell the house.
The problem is that most of the particle-board strips in the toe-kick area have degenerated and need replacing before she paints them. She also has very little budgeted for this, so wants the cheapest possible material.
She wants to just get some strip of particle board or melamine, but should be paint-able.
She was thinking of just adding the new strip over the old one, but I thought that would reduce the toe-kick area, making it uncomfortable to stand there. I'll be her handy-man for this (removing old, cutting and adding the new).
So what do you suggest? It being a kitchen, I ruled out plain MDF - could bloat pretty fast, right? How about plywood sheathing, like this? Or some other ply ?
Does this strip bear any load of the cabinet? Does it have to be 3/4" thick?
And I saw this too. Says it's paintable. Would that work?
The problem is that most of the particle-board strips in the toe-kick area have degenerated and need replacing before she paints them. She also has very little budgeted for this, so wants the cheapest possible material.
She wants to just get some strip of particle board or melamine, but should be paint-able.
She was thinking of just adding the new strip over the old one, but I thought that would reduce the toe-kick area, making it uncomfortable to stand there. I'll be her handy-man for this (removing old, cutting and adding the new).
So what do you suggest? It being a kitchen, I ruled out plain MDF - could bloat pretty fast, right? How about plywood sheathing, like this? Or some other ply ?
Does this strip bear any load of the cabinet? Does it have to be 3/4" thick?
And I saw this too. Says it's paintable. Would that work?
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