Following cabinet care and cleaning instructions is the best way to prolong the life and beauty of your new cabinetry. While we take great care in building quality cabinetry and ensuring that cabinets arrive in excellent condition, normal everyday use will result in the need for small touch-ups and adjustments.
Content
- Recommended Cabinet Maintenance
- Daily Cabinet Care and Cleaning
- Long Term Cabinet Care
- Cabinet Touch-ups
- Before & After Installation
- Cabinet Environment
- Cleaners to Avoid
Recommended Cabinet Cleaning
Each CliqStudios quality finish has different recommended cabinet cleaning instructions. Follow the proper care and maintenance for your cabinets to keep them beautiful for many years.
How to Adjust Cabinet Hardware
Periodically adjust hardware for smooth usage.
How to Place Cabinet Hardware
Finding the right position for your knobs and pulls.
How Do I Install Kitchen Cabinets?
Learn how to install each cabinet in your design.
Paint Finish
On paint finishes, only use a mild cleaner such as Ivory® Soap diluted with warm water. Apply with a microfiber cloth.
Stain Finish
On stain finishes, use a mild wood cleaner such as original Murphy® Oil Soap diluted with warm water. Apply with a microfiber cloth.
Daily cabinet care consists of cleaning up spills, drips and grease immediately to prevent stains on your cabinet finish. Prolonged exposure to food, water or other liquids can cause permanent discoloration or damage.
Avoid hanging wet dish towels over the cabinet doors. Over time, this moisture exposure can cause irreversible damage to the cabinet and finish. Dust cabinets frequently with a microfiber cloth.
Avoid using your dishcloth to clean or dry cabinet exteriors, since it may contain remnants of detergents and grease.
Thoroughly clean cabinet exteriors once or twice a year. It’s best to work on one small area at a time, using a damp cloth. Rinse frequently and dry each area immediately after cleaning.
Each cabinet is built with several types of durable, high-performance hardware that will operate smoothly for years. Periodically, you should adjust your hardware. Tighten hinge screws, realign drawers, and adjust runners, because they can move with normal use.
Adjusting Door Hinges
Cabinet hinges are designed to be adjustable by the homeowner. Align cabinet doors after installation and before installing decorative hardware.
Adjusting Drawer Boxes and Glides
Drawer boxes may need to adjusted after shipping. It’s easier to inspect and adjust glides before cabinet installation.
CliqStudios provides a complimentary cabinet touch-up kit for minor repairs on cabinets. Before touching up damage, establish whether it will be a substantial repair. If the damage is significant, please protect your investment by consulting a professional refinisher.
Please carefully read the touch-up kit instructions before using. Be advised that paint is more difficult to repair and blend than stained products. Practice on a small, concealed area of your cabinets before making any repair. For easy fill application, soften the putty stick by carefully heating the end with your hand.
Fill in the recess with an even back-and-forth motion. After the fill is complete, use light, even strokes with the stain marker pen. Use your fingertips or a soft cloth to blend the colors. Do not allow the stain marker fluid to accumulate in one place, as it may drip.
Caring for Your New Cabinetry
All CliqStudios cabinets undergo rigorous testing to ensure they will be structurally sound and beautiful. Caring for your new cabinetry properly will maintain their beauty for years of use.
Cabinet Environment
Wood cabinets will expand and contract in different temperature and humidity levels. Avoid extremes and maintain a consistent cabinet environment to prevent damage.
Cleaners to Avoid
Some cleaning products can damage cabinet finishes and should not be used on CliqStudios cabinetry. The harsh abrasives and chemicals listed below will harm cabinet finishes and may result in discoloration.
CliqStudios does not recommend using scouring pads, paper towels, Magic Eraser sponges or steel wool because they can leave scratches and residue on all finishes. We also do not recommend waxing cabinets.
Over time, waxing and polishing compounds will build up on the surface of cabinets and cause a hazy, streaky or yellowed appearance. Wax build up is difficult to remove and will attract dust.
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Joey Tamler
I’m really disappointed. I should’ve known not to use touch up paint in the middle of a door. It made a “blemish” on the door and I ordered a new one. Now I noticed 2 pinpoint orange dots on an upper white cabinet door. Dishwashing liquid won’t get them off. I tried to dot some touch up paint thinking I could blend with my finger and just ruined my 2nd cabinet. Now it looks like a smudgy oil mark. These white cabinets shouldn’t look bad after less than 2 years. Do u have recommendations how to get marks off? I don’t want to see the stains. Also, edges are chipping. Touch-up paint doesn’t cover well at all.
Dan Jones
Apologies for the inconvenience. I believe these issues fall under warranty. Please contact our Customer Service Department. You see our webpage where you can call, email or fill out a web form.
https://www.cliqstudios.com/replacement-policy/
Deborah R Lebow
I am in desperate need of paint touch up kit. The fill in stick is very hard to apply and is much whiter than my white cabinets. How can I touch up the paint surface where chipped? I know I’m supposed to fill in first with the stick, but then is there paint? I have never received any, only sticks and even after holding in my hands, they do not go on well and do not fill in little chips easily.
Dan Jones
Apologies for the inconvenience. I believe these issues fall under warranty. Please contact our Customer Service Department. You see our webpage where you can call, email or fill out a web form.
https://www.cliqstudios.com/replacement-policy/
Sharon Cleary
I have your cabinets in my kitchen and master bath and love them….but I cannot find any information on how to control how much the doors open. They open much too wide and keep hitting the pulls on the adjacent cabinets. Please help!
romy
We need to uninstall a lazy susan shelf in order to clean beneath it. How do we uninstall
and reinstall?
CliqStudios Marketing
Hi. It depends on the particular style of lazy susan that you have. In general though, installed Lazy Susans generally are not able to be uninstalled and reinstalled. You may want to contact a local cabinet installer to see if they are able to assist you.
Dean and Shery Kirby
We love our new kitchen but are in need of the paint touch-up kit for a few blemishes.
Also would be great to know if there are weight limits for pantry drawers.
Thank you!
Shery
CliqStudios Digital Marketing
Hi Shery, Our Customer Service team will reach out to get a touch-up kit sent to you. The weight limit for all Roll-out Trays is 90 lbs. Let us know if we can help with anything else!
LeAnn Bird
I am also in need of touch up paint and the blemish stick. The ones I received with my cabinets for my white cabinets was dried up. I didn’t have any problems that required me to use it but now after a couple of years the cabinets have been scratched and I would like to repair them. Can you send me more of the white?
CliqStudios Digital Marketing
Yes, a member of our Customer Service team will contact you about where to send your touch-up kit. Please let us know if you have any other questions.
Karen Spruill
Hi looking to order touch up paint kit for my sage cabinets.
CliqStudios Digital Marketing
Hi Karen, we would love to help. Please call our team at 888-350-1242 so they may send you a touch-up kit.
Jim Martin
I cannot find any link or resource to order additional touch up paint. Still very happy with the kitchen we ordered and we will be using you again for our pantry, laundry room and bathrooms……but only if I can order more touch up paint.
CliqStudios Digital Marketing
Hi Jim, we would be happy to send a touch-up kit to you. A Customer Service Representative will contact you soon to place that order. Please let us know if we can help with anything else.
Pastor Leslie E Martinez
They are beautiful, look well made, love the hardware, soft close features. Warranty very nice.
Nancy
CliqStudios kitchen cabinets are sure look like a dependable investment and seeing that you could have this installed in your kitchen provide you ease of mind for longer lifespan of cabinets you could use.