Staining Oak Cabinets
I love oak cabinets.
Staining oak cabinets. I know that 90 of you are cursing your 1990s oak cabinets while the remaining 10 love them and wouldn t let a lick of paint go near them. Getting to this point has required hours and hours of painful brainpower over three years during which time i ve asked more people than i have fingers and toes their opinion on oak painted oak stained oak orange cabinets gray cabinets white cabinets dirty cabinets and beveled cabinets. If you want a lighter look that stays close to oak s natural color a golden oak stain is a good choice.
I d love to give you a how to on staining oak cabinets but i d rather leave it to the pros hgtv how to restain wood cabinets. With the next set of cabinet doors i hand sanded lightly and then used a paint stripper at the moment i don t quite remember the name of the brand i purchased at home depot. 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.
Change the hardware more often than not cabinets from the 80s and 90s don t have hardware handles or knobs. Diy network how to restain wood cabinets. Oak and wood cabinets how do decide whether to stain or paint.
Oak cabinet update idea. The oak cabinet shown here will receive a red chestnut stain that darkens the wood and adds a warm red tone while bringing out the wood s natural beauty and pronounced grain.