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   Guest_ | Dec 18, 1998 10:18pm | #1

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   Depends on if the door edge has a profile you might effect. I would take a planer and take a little from all four sides and then if it exists and I could match it use a router to reprofile the door edges. I guess it depends on how much you must remove. You will probably have a sander out also to prepare for new paint. Did I mention i am a tool junkie and would have most of the tools out of my truck to change a light bulb?

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   Patrick_M. | Dec 19, 1998 05:22am | #2

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   John

   Taking your comment about 35 years of paint at face value, simply scrapping off the paint along the edges with an angled hand scrapper would be my first choice. However if "many" really means MANY, then running them through a table saw with a sharp blade I didn't care about would be my second choice. . . a very light rip off two opposing edges shouldn't affect an edge profile noticeably. Softening the new edge with a power sander should help blend in any minor paint chipping. If the paint is several thickness' of enamel you might have to score the cut line or the chips might be really huge. I would hope that the tool gods would strike you flat if you ever ran them through a planer, and a router would probably get gummed up too quickly with paint. Oh and don't forget the full body armour, flying paint chips hurt!

   Happy chipping

   Patrick

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   Fred_Matthews | Dec 25, 1998 02:38am | #3

   *I agree with the table saw method.

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   John_Wells | Dec 25, 1998 02:38am | #4

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   Folks,

   I have many cupboard doors covered with 35 years of paint. They need to be trimed back a bit for a better fit. I'm looking for suggestions on doing this. How would you do it?

   Router? Power planer? Sander? Saw?

   Thanks,

   J. Wells