Aging Kitchen Cabinet Knobs
While you may like to think that once you install your kitchen cabinet knobs they will be perfect looking for the rest of their days, the truth is much different. Just like everything else in the house, they are going to have to deal with the wear and tear of daily use. Even more so they are going to deal with hands, which may or may not be clean, all over them. This is not to mention all the pulling and pushing that normal kitchen cabinet knobs have to go through. It's no doubt that they are eventually going to wear out and need to be replaced. You may notice when you look at them and don't remember that grimy color being part of their look, or when they feel a little wobbly when you are going to the pantry to pull items out for a meal.
When replacing kitchen cabinet knobs, you need to make sure they are the only problem that you need to be working on. Before you jump into knob replacement, closely inspect the cabinet wood to make sure it is healthy. There could be problems behind those kitchen cabinet knobs. When you take the knobs off of the cabinets, look for cracks, warped wood or weakening woods around where it is attached to the cabinet. You should look closely because some of these problems are hard to spot and may not be immediately obvious. If you do notice some weaknesses in the wood, you may need to consider doing more than just replacing the kitchen cabinet knobs and replacing the doors, drawers, or maybe the whole cabinet set.
Once you have decided to what to do with the wooden part of the cabinetry, it's time to replace the knobs. The easiest way to do this is put the new kitchen cabinet knobs where the old ones were. If you are careful when shopping you may be able to find a similar style of knobs or at least ones that will fit into the same holes the old knobs came out of. If you decide on a completely new kind of knob that will not fit in the holes already in place, you will need to pick up some wood putty to fill in the holes where the old kitchen cabinet knobs were and sand, repaint, stain, or somehow cover up the fact that the old knob used to be there.
Now it's time to fit the new knob into place. You need a drill, with a drill bit that is the same size as screw that is used to attach to knob to the cabinet. Create new holes where you will need to attach the new kitchen cabinet knobs. Before you drill those holes, make sure to measure and level the places where you are going to be drilling. You don’t want to put all that work in only to find the knobs are a little off later on, and have to start the process all over again.
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