Made a good chunk of progress over the long weekend. Applied the glue to the fabric, and applied the fabric to one most of one of the cabinets. I still need to apply the fabric on the rear, and then over the other cabinet.
Applying the glue to the back of the fabric. This turned out to be a great method – dry glue on both materials allow for mistake-free alignment, and the ironing worked like a charm to activate the adhesion.
I started by ironing the top first.
Then the sides.
Here it is after trimming the fabric flush with the front.
The back is getting a different treatment. The fabric is laid down over the rabbeted edge and over the rear a half inch or so.
The piece on the back will go overlap here creating a little extra height. This build up will fill the small gap under the steel, allowing it to be straight. This was the closest I could get to matching the steel with the bits I had. The steel below was to help me clamp that fabric in place while the spray adhesive dried. This will be a single frame when it is complete.
Here is an approximation of how it will look down the back. Likely this will be painted or stained.
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