​Cleaning and Fixing an Old Bathroom Cabinet

My dad used to rent out our old house often and after the last family left, the house stayed unoccupied for a while so when i went there to check on things, i found that the house was very dusty, humid and smelled weird so i decided to do some cleaning and repairing. I started cleaning the bathroom and what caught my eye first was this old wooden cabinet, it was so dirty but still in good condition and can be repaired, so today i want to show you how i fixed it and made it look new again.

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The cabinet was full of old useless stuff like empty bottles, toothpaste and brushes, nail polish bottles, an oil bottle and other things. I took all the stuff carefully and threw them in a trash bag.

After emptying the cabinet, i started examining it to see what steps i'm going to take to fix it. The shelves were dirty and dusty, some of the paint came off and i noticed a gross black stain where the bottle of oil was.

I grabbed my vacuum and started vacuuming inside and outside the cabinet to get rid of the dust, the dirt and the spider webs that were in the corners.

To prepare the solution that i'm going to use to clean the cabinet, I took a bowl, dish soap and a dish scrubber. I put a good amount of dish soap into the bowl then poured hot water over it until it became runny but not too watery then i mixed it with my hand to make it foamy, after that i put the scrubber in the bowl to let it soak a little bit.

I removed the shelves from the cabinet one by one and put them in the sink to clean them.

As usual i forgot to bring gloves so i took the scrubber with my bare hands, squeezed the excess of the solution and started scrubbing the shelves in a circular motion until the stains were gone, when i was done scrubbing i dried the shelves with a sponge and put them outside in the sun to let them air dry.

I went back to the cabinet, took another scrubber and started scrubbing the inside and outside of the cabinet the same way i did to the shelves.

This oil stain took me the longest to remove, it was kinda sticky but really dry on the wood so i kept scrubbing in a circular motion again and again until it was completely gone.

After i finished scrubbing all the cabinet, i wiped it with a dry sponge to remove the excess water and left the windows open so it can dry completely.

I came back the next day, with gloves of course, and i brought with me a bucket of white paint and a painting brush. I started painting the shelves one by one then left them to dry.

I went inside to the bathroom and started painting the outside of the cabinet with covering the handles of the doors with aluminum foil to protect them.

I painted the inside parts of the cabinet.

After i finished painting the inside and outside of the cabinet i painted the top and bottom.

I left everything to dry then i took the shelves and put them back in the cabinet. I noticed some small holes in one of the shelves, so to seal them i took some spackling paste and applied it on the holes and left it to dry.

And that's it! the cabinet looks perfect now!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, Bye Bye ❤️

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