The time I trusted a YouTube tutorial for kitchen cabinets and ended up with mismatched doors

I had to decide between going with plywood or MDF for my kitchen cabinet refacing project in Phoenix last spring. Picked MDF because the tutorial said it was easier to paint, but I totally messed up the measurements and now one door is like half an inch taller than the others. Has anyone else tried correcting this without just ripping the whole thing out?

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the_rowan5d ago

Laughed out loud when I saw this because I did the exact same thing with MDF... thought I was being clever by following some YouTube guru who swore it was foolproof. Ended up with one door that looks like it belongs on a dollhouse next to the others. My fix was to just sand down the taller one a little at a time until it matched, which worked okay but now it's a millimeter thinner and I tell myself nobody notices. Honestly, mismatched doors just add "character" right? That's what I keep telling my guests anyway.

carr.willow5d ago

My buddy swore he fixed his with liquid nails and a prayer, now the door won't close right.