Cabinet Finishing and Refinishing Questions

Cabinet Finishing and Refinishing Questions

Questions concerning the steps and complexities of refinishing cabinets. This includes restaining for a new look or painting over already finished cabinets.

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• Paint for Wood or any help please!! - Hi, I'm having trouble getting my cabinets that are made of solid birch and plywood to accept the oil-based wipe on stain I'm using. I got it from Austin Hardwoods and was told by the guy on what to do but I'm having trouble.So I was wondering ...

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• Restain old cabinets. - I am redoing my kitchen cabinets. I have stripped and sanded course to fine. I applied the stain and wiped the excess and am getting blotches. Is there anything that can prevent this? What am I doing wrong?
• Staining cabinets black. - Wanting to stain cabinets black, but stain doesn't seem to be dark enough.
• Best way to paint raw maple cabinets. - I have washed maple kitchen cabinets that were in great condition except the finish was flaking off. I sanded the cabinets down to the bare wood. I want an old world look, so I want to paint and glaze them. What kind of primer, paint, glaze, top c...
• Wood stain on laminate? - I bought wood stain to darken a cabinet, lightly sanded and painted with a brush. Let sit for a while and wiped off any residue. 12 hrs. later the cabinet is sticky to touch. It's possible that it may not have been real wood but I'm not sure what ...
• Cabinet Restaining - Can I use a deglosser on my stained kitchen cabinets and restain a lighter color?
• Crackle over stained and finished wood. - We have a finished bathroom vanity in honey oak stain. Can crackle product be applied directly to that and then a latex paint (espresso) over the top of the crackle? Our goal is to bring out some of the honey color between the espresso. Is it n...
• Refinishing kitchen cabinets and the frames. - You offered a great DIY article on this. My only question is how to do the frames that are attached to the wall. Do they require the same process? If I took my doors and hinges off, I'd still have the skeleton of the cabinet. How to refinish this ...
• Remove Whitewash from Cabinets - My kitchen cabinets are oak, whitewashed. I want a nice warm wood color stain. Do I have to strip the cabinets first and then apply a new stain? What is the process? What is the best and easiest way? I have a lot of cabinets!!
• Painting Unfinished Kitchen Cabinets - I have unfinished wood cabinets in my kitchen that have had some markers used on them by a few small children. I have tried to sand some of it off and it does get lighter but is still there. So I decided it is probably better to just paint them. ...
• Painting over polyurethane. - I have oak cabinets with a gloss polyurethane surface. My wife wants to have them painted white. How do I accomplish this?
• Mobilehome kitchen cabinets - Cabinets have a smooth photo finish.
• Burn through the stain. - I have been trying to clear coat cabinet doors that I built. Every once in awhile I keep sanding through the stain. This has set me back for weeks. How do I prevent this problem?
• Staining maple a darker color. - Staining maple (new wood) a darker color to match some birch wood already stained. With out loosing the grain. Do not want it to look painted on. The maple not wanting to pick up any real stain color.
• Irregular Finish on Cabinets - Repainting old shellacked wood cabinets. Cleaned with TSP and paint thinner, lightly sanded, Zinsser oil base primer, then Valspar semi gloss white. Doors have satiny finish with areas of shine. Lightly sanded and reapplied and same result. ??
• Can pressed board cabinets be repaired? - I have old pressed board (particle board) cabinets in my kitchen. The drawer fronts have the corners broken off and the "wooden designed" paper laminate is peeling off. Is there any way to fix this or must they just be replaced?
• Kitchen Cabinets - I have oak kitchen cabinet that are not real wood I want to change the stain to the same color the current ones are dirt and dull I have clean them of course but they still look dull. Is there a product that I can use to make them look new again o...
• Polyurethane Over Lacquer - Can polyurethane be applied over lacquer on kitchen cabinets?
• Our Kitchen Cabinets - 17 years ago we had cabinets made that were "triple bleached". Its a sort of pickling. They were beige in color. However, over the years they have peeled were moisture was and have yellowed. I would like to paint them white but do not want the str...
• Painting Stained Cabinets - We are painting our oak cabinets. We lightly sanded and used TSP to clean them. I then applied 2 coats of Bullseye printer because Lowes said that would stick to shinny surfaces better. We are now painting the cabinets with Lowes Valspar Signature...
• 20th Century Cabinet - 21st Century Look - My master bath vanity is a golden oak shade with a lot of wood grain showing. I want to change the entire look of the cabinet and take it to a dark brownish black shade/black walnut and diminish the amount of wood grain that shows. I am certain ...
• Paint oak cabinets a dark color. - I want to paint my oak cabinets a dark color, but I am not sure how this will look.
• Stained Kitchen Cabinets - I have just had my old wood kitchen cabinets re-stained by a "professional." It is a disaster, they didn't wait until it was completely dry and applied the finish and it is streaked then they tried sanding areas with each try it has become more an...
• Touch up staining. - My wife has been after me to touch up the scratches and nicks on our kitchen cabinets. I took off the doors (ash wood) and lightly sanded the scratches then reapplied the Jacobean stain to the spots. The wood does not seem to take the stain so I ...
• What is the best sealer for a glaze over oil based paint? - I am building a cabinet for my house and I want to glaze it. I have painted it with oil based paint and need to seal over the glaze. I didn't want to use polyurethane because it ambers over time. Is there a product to use that does not amber an...
• Oil or water based Kilz on cabinets. - I am painting solid wood kitchen cabinets that were painted with oil based paint. We will repaint with oil, to get a good scrubable finish. Can I use water based Kilz (after sanding) or must I use oil? Will oil based Kilz do a better job?

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