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Pro Secrets for Painting Kitchen Cabinets

Professional painter John Dee shows how to give dark cupboards the glossy, smooth look of factory-finish cabinets without having to order new doors… more

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Q: The instructions for installing cabinets, microwaves, and large mirrors usually say to fasten them to studs. But how do you install heavy objects on walls made with structural insulated panels, which don't have studs?

—Robert McNeill, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

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"Rather than buy new cabinets, you can give your existing wood boxes an eco-friendly makeover by refinishing them with a low-VOC primer and paint."
— Alan Baker, green contractor, New Paltz, N.Y.

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