| Whether you are installing new cabinetry in your | | | | This is something that has to be done carefully and |
| home or want to mix up the look of the pieces you | | | | properly if you are installing them on glass cabinet |
| already have, a great feature to look for is glass | | | | doors. You need to remove the doors from the |
| cabinet hardware. Whether you have wood cabinets | | | | cabinets and decide where the glass cabinet |
| or glass cabinets, glass cabinet hardware can add an | | | | hardware will go. It should not be too close to the |
| extra air of class to your storage spaces. | | | | edge, because you run the threat of breaking the |
| The first consideration you need to make when you | | | | glass as you drill the initial hole and cracking the glass |
| are going to install glass cabinet hardware is that it will | | | | due to stress during normal usage. You should at |
| go with the rest of your cabinetry. If you are | | | | least have them 1-½ inches from the edge of |
| considering a project that will add some new cabinets | | | | the glass door. Mark where you want the knobs to |
| or update some old cabinets, you can choose | | | | be and then it's time to drill the holes. |
| different knobs than the staying cabinets have on | | | | If you haven't drilled a hole in glass to put the knob |
| them, but you do need to make sure both styles will | | | | in, this will be a new experience. Glass and wood are |
| go together and not clash. | | | | very different creatures. You need to take a little |
| If you are thinking of putting glass cabinet hardware | | | | extra patience for this project. |
| on glass cabinets, you need to look carefully at the | | | | First, make sure you have the right kind of drill bit. It |
| knobs to see if they were made to be installed on | | | | should be a diamond bit that you enlist to complete |
| glass cabinets. Not all knobs will work on glass. They | | | | this task. |
| need to have a special buffer between the glass or | | | | You also need to think of how you will keep your drill |
| metal part of the knob and the glass for the door to | | | | cool while it works. You can either use a lot of |
| keep the knob from scratching or cutting into the | | | | lubricant or coolant to do this or put your cabinet |
| glass over time. | | | | door in a shallow dish of water (with a wood block |
| Next, look for a warranty or guarantee on your glass | | | | underneath it) and drill it in the water, to keep the bit |
| cabinet hardware. They should be made strong | | | | cool. |
| enough to handle regular use, and many pieces come | | | | One thing to remember is you are drilling glass. Don't |
| with guarantees that they are. You may want to | | | | force it or you are going to break the glass, drill |
| steer clear of those that don't, because they may | | | | slowly and let the drill take its time to do the job. |
| not have been made up to the same quality | | | | Eventually you will have a completed hole. |
| standards. | | | | Attach the glass cabinet hardware and you're ready |
| Now it's time to put the glass cabinet hardware on. | | | | to hang the doors and enjoy. |