Kitchen cabinet drawers

[Swingman]

I try to always finish with drawers off ...

[Leon]

Well that is kinda kinky... LOL

[Swingman]

Glad you got the joke ... hmmm, wonder if there is a binary group for that?

;>)

[bridger]

ya know, when it's hot in the shop and I'm out there alone I often do lose the drawers. spraying finishes is one of the processes where I

*wouldn't* want to do that....

[Mark]

It was only a matter of time.

[Mark]

Yes, there is.

I couldn't get out of there fast enough.

[Leon]

Ok, you could have kept that to your self... ;~)

[Mark]

Inside a kitchen drawer? One of the places I would consider once again using Minwax gloss, that thick heavy plastic crap.

Set the drawers in front of fans to help them harden between coats. I've noticed the lingering stink comes from earlier coats out gassing through later coats.

In a production situation this is unrealistic. As a DIY let's be real. You wouldn't be building your own if ultimate speed was that important.

Then as you say, giving it a wipe with a damp rag .... Hell, giving them a scrub with a brush. Little bits of festering food are one thing, as has been said, suffer a big boff of syrup and you'll wish they could be hosed, or at least washed in the sink.

[Swingman]

We can hope/pray that there is no associated binary group.

[Mark]

Probably has his own clandestine site with streaming video.

[Andy Dingley]

I've used "lemon oil" (actually made from lemongrass) for inside drawers. Smelly, but pleasantly so.

Generally I use shellac though.

[Jim]

Thanks to everyone for the replies. Not sure what I will do yet but you have given me a lot of information to think about. Thanks again.

Jim web site:

[Tim Douglass]

I'd sort of forgotten about lingering odor - more of a problem if you are going to be storing clothes than for kitchen utensils. I guess it takes me so long to finish anything that by the time I actually get it to the point where I'm putting stuff in it any fumes are long gone.

Tim Douglass

[George E. Cawthon]

the false front. Lack of finish probably results from money savings, skill in smoothing wood, and use of wood without defects or species and cuts that don't warp easily. Look at any production furniture and you find that very little of the hidden part of a furniture is finished. When I looked at oak dining tables, about the only thing with a finish was top surface and the observable outside. When I bought an unfinished oak table, I finished every surface I could reach. Didn't take much material or extra time since I didn't sand the normally hidden parts. Putting finish on one surface, especially large surfaces of a table is a guaranteed board-warper. May take a while but eventually.....

Lots of modern kitchen cabinets are mostly plywood and often have little finish except on the outside. Lack of finish is "tacky" in more than one sense of the word. On absolutely straight grained quarter sawn, dense, beautifully colored wood lack of finish might be acceptable, but most of us either can't find or can't afford such wood.

Finish every surface, except maybe direct contact sliding surfaces and put an oil finish on those is my motto.