Staining Old Oak Kitchen Cabinets

By john blog 22 Oct, 2020 Post a Comment

Painting oak cabinets white. Once the stain or varnish is applied wait 24 hours for it to dry or follow the the drying times listed on the packaging if you purchased a quick drying varnish or stain.

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Staining old oak kitchen cabinets. We removed the wallpaper and painted the walls to make the space feel light bright and open but replacing the faucet with a delta cassidy faucet in beautiful champagne bronze made the most significant impact. Applying the stain or varnish with the existing grain of the cabinets results in a more professional look. Well now you know it totally works.

Gray wood tones with a very slight hint of warmth are stunning. Here s the great thing about oak cabinets they are solid wood not the interiors necessarily but the doors at least. If you want to tone down your cabinets because they are too red or warm look for ash colored stains or even test the gray colors.

In this home below the island was a dark stain and kitchen cabinets were painted a cream color. The original faucet felt dated while the cassidy faucet felt fresh and beautiful. Where to start when updating oak kitchen cabinets.

With the oak cabinets the grain was very evident post staining. The poly unlike the stain was water based but i still allowed a minimum of 24 hours between each coat. With the 5 day cure time for the stain blocker and the 6 coats that it took to cover the oak with pure white paint and the high number of cabinets in my kitchen and laundry room it ended up taking me 2.

In particular the 1980 s 90 s oak cabinets are great because unlike today s wood cabinets they stand the test of time and only after 30 years of wear and tear do they need some love. I didn t let polyurethaning drag on quite in the same way as staining had and six coats three on one side of the cabinets three on the other were completed 7 days after returning from morocco. Gel stain will not require you to sand the product to a raw wood finish.

He then primed and sprayed the cabinet doors then finished with a clear coat. I know some of you must have some oak cabinets that you ve been wanting to change. Sanding oak cabinets with fine grit sandpaper is necessary to smooth the surface but in doing so you block the pores that would allow the cabinet to hold stain.

And because i already shared all of the info for staining oak over on my staining painting an oak banister post take a peek over there first to see how to best stain your oak cabinets. It can be applied over only lightly sanded pieces just as well. To distress he nicked the wood a little and sanded the edges this also prevented chipping and what not.

Any stain or paint you do on oak is going to show the grain unless you fill it in. This post and pictures inspired me to do the same in my oak cabinet kitchen. 5 years and they still look gorgeous.

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