How to Reface RV, Camper, and Trailer Cabinets

How to Reface RV, Camper, and Trailer Cabinets

Posted by Admin on Sep 25th 2020

RVs and camper trailers are excellent for enjoying family road trips and embarking on great outdoor adventures by letting you bring a comfortable piece of home along with you. And like any home, campers and RVs are most easily enjoyed when they’re well maintained, cabinets and all. But keeping these kinds of cabinets in tip-top shape can actually be more troublesome than you might expect. This is because, for the most part, the cabinets found in RVs and campers are custom-sized to best fit the interior of the vehicle, meaning sourcing replacing cabinet fronts for touch-ups can be quite a hassle.

To find appropriately sized cabinet fronts and complete your next refacing project, check out our short guide below.

Ordering Cabinet Doors that Fit your Camper

Purchase Used Cabinet Fronts

A great way to inexpensively find cabinet doors, and other parts made specifically for your model of RV or camper trailer, is to check out websites with free listings like Craigslist and eBay. Websites like these frequently include sellers who are getting rid of their parts from their old RVs and trailers, and depending on your luck, you may manage to find yourself a steal of a deal that’s better than what any general retailer can provide.

Order Custom Cabinet Doors

A surefire solution, especially if you are not able to find used parts, is to order custom cabinet parts from professional vendors online. Specialized websites such as CabinetDoorMart offer a wide variety of cabinet fronts, drawers, boxes, and everything else you could need to replace and reface the cabinetry of your camper. Better yet, each cabinet component is offered in a variety of material types, and can be customized to any size in order to best match your camper’s existing cabinetry.

How to Reface Your RV Camper’s Cabinets

The actual refacing of your cabinets is a process that requires you to match the new doors you ordered to the frames of your old cabinetry. When working with the cabinets of RVs and campers, it’s usually best to work with the current color of your cabinets.
  1. Take off your old cabinet doors and wipe down your cabinet boxes.
  2. If you are using your current hardware, take the hardware off your old cabinet doors and reuse it to hang your new cabinet doors
  3. If you are using new hardware, install it according to the manufacture instructions
  4. Install handles and knobs