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Okay, I am redoing the kitchen/dinette…the 70’s dark stained, oak plywood, built in place cabinets are being repainted…the false beams in the dinette which hook up to the bulk head above the cabinets are constructed of solid 1x oak are stained dark also, but I don’t want to paint, rather I want to lighten up, say with maple to match window casings and dinette furniture…anybody have any suggestions on whether 1/4″ maple ply to reface the beam (box style) and stain accordingly…should i rip the ply to make mitred corners or what???
Train Driver Chris
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Hi Train Driver Chris.
You have an interesting project. It is also very easy to do, and you have some alternatives!
The first, from my mind, is the 1/4" ply. In doing the project with this material, start at leveling at the ends of the beams. In other words, know where the beam will end to be level. Now is the time to make those corrections.
Make the bottom face first, with miters. Be sure to allow for width at widest point on beam. Then, you can easily scribe in the sides.
Please dont use any corner beads...this is FINE HOMEBUILDING.
Second, if everything is okay with the old beams, and surface is good, I would suggest veneering on some of that thin wallpaper type veneer. That goes very fast and you can just use wallpaper paste.
Hope this helps.
alan joseph samson
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Okay, I am redoing the kitchen/dinette...the 70's dark stained, oak plywood, built in place cabinets are being repainted...the false beams in the dinette which hook up to the bulk head above the cabinets are constructed of solid 1x oak are stained dark also, but I don't want to paint, rather I want to lighten up, say with maple to match window casings and dinette furniture...anybody have any suggestions on whether 1/4" maple ply to reface the beam (box style) and stain accordingly...should i rip the ply to make mitred corners or what???
Train Driver Chris