Diy Sliding Closet Doors

I couldnt handle looking at these ugly things anymore so I decided to paint the sliding closet doors with a faux trim effect.

Diy sliding closet doors. Clean prep mirrored closet doors. Okay okay so this would give you 14 inch of room between each panel 12 divided in two is 14 and making them 34 shorter will give enough room at the top and bottom of your closet doors to slide open and shut. I didnt need to sand since these doors arent wood but if you have wooden closet doors you would want to use a medium and then fine grit sandpaper to prep the surface for paint like these 3M Advanced Abrasives.

To make 2 sliding doors with overlap of one edge find. DIY Bifold Barn Door - Transform a Closet door for 15 with 14 Plywood. Because I chose a simple efficient track they slide really smoothly on this closet door hardware so its easy to get to what I.

Apply wood glue on the frame and lay the luan plywood on top of the frame. Measure both doors and cut the two MDF panels Moreno sourced the lightweight material from her local Home Depot for 11 per piece according to the dimensions with your jigsaw. And boy oh boy do I like looking at these sliding doors so much more than the stuff IN the cabinets.

To get her oval shape outline the silhouette on the surface with a pencil using a compass to get the perfect curve at the top and bottom. The last step was to update our sliding closet doors. To attach them to your wall pre-drill for 4 screws about every eight inches along the edge.

Closet Doors Makeover. Spray each square with a small amount of expanding foam to secure the square inside the frame. So her sliding closet door started out as just a half-door that we made out of left over wood in the garage.

I attached them with wood glue and a nail gun so they sandwiched the cane in between. First step was to wash down the doors to remove any residue or dust. I started by cleaning the mirrors with Windex using rubbing alcohol on the metal closet door frames with round cotton pads.