Michael Holigan: You and your family probably spend a lot of time in the kitchen. As one of the most used rooms in the home, you want it to be functional, but still have style. Now this kitchen fits the bill. It's bright and spacious, but you should have seen it just a couple of days ago. Dark and dated pretty much sum up the design scheme here. And the Guest bathroom isn't much better. This textured two-tone tile may have been stylish a couple of decades ago, but today, it just looks dirty. And the bathtub porcelain is grimy with years of wear. These are all design disasters. It's time to refinish.
Phil Anderson: Miracle Method offers a unique refinishing system that is a tremendous advantage and savings over replacement. It could be used in your kitchen, bathrooms - basically throughout the home on surfaces that need to be restored and/or beautified. The cost of replacement is very expensive and the resurfacing process can save the homeowner at least 60 to 70% over that replacement cost.
MH: Sound too good to be true? Well seeing is believing. Let's start with the kitchen.
PA: The home owner was tired of the dark 70's look - the butcher block countertops, the dark ash cabinetry and wanted to lighten and brighten the room, give it a total new look. And what we will be doing is giving this kitchen, at least visually, a total facelift.
MH: First, the room is prepped for refinishing. Protective covering mask off areas which won't be treated. Cabinets are cleaned with a damp sponge. Old hardware is removed and holes are filled with a patching compound. Countertop seams are also filled to ensure a smooth finish. Holes for new hardware are drilled. Then the cabinets and counters are sanded. Now, everything is ready to be sprayed with a primer coat.
PA: The primers and topcoats are actually applied by a spray process. We use HVLP spray equipment, which is high volume, low pressure, which diminishes the amount of material that we disseminate into the atmosphere.
MH: After the primer has dried, two layers of topcoat are applied to the cabinets and countertops.
PA: We're doing this particular job in white on the cabinets and the countertops will be kind of a slate gray to pick up the background colors in the flooring. Now, we're certainly not limited in colors. The homeowner can choose any color scheme they like and we can match colors to fit that color scheme. We can do it either in a high gloss finish, and we also offer a satin finish material, and we can do various types of texturing.
MH: In the bathroom, unwanted textures, like the gummy appliques stuck on the bottom of the tub, are scraped off. Loose caulk is removed. The tub and tile are then thoroughly cleaned before the primer and glossy topcoats are applied. As you can see, the Miracle Method has transformed this tub and tile surround and it looks like brand new. And the best thing is, there's never going to be any need to clean grout. It's now sealed. And the drab kitchen we started out with a few days ago is almost unrecognizable.
PA: The material that is used in the Miracle Method process does a beautiful job on kitchen appliances, such as refrigerators, oven fronts, vent hoods, even sinks.
MH: So if your kitchen and bathroom are looking a little worse for wear, don't despair. You can refinish for an affordable quick fix.
PA: The most expensive rooms in the home to remodel and/or renovate are the kitchen and the bathrooms. And resurfacing can beautify and cosmetically change the total effect and/or look of the rooms involved at a tremendous savings and industry wide the percentage of savings is somewhere in the 60 to 70% of replacement.
Contacts:
Miracle Method: 888-271-7690
www.miraclemethodusa.com
Episode 51 1997 - 98 Season
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