We bought a foreclosure and it was evident the house was not cared for for quite awhile.
Grey stained oak cabinets before and after.
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.
Over time your oak cabinets may get scratched or become discolored or you may decide you want a slightly darker look.
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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.
I have tackled a great deal of oak cabinet client projects so i thought i would share some tips and tricks for painting oak cabinets that i have learned along the way if you re looking to give yours a refresh.
Stripping to bare wood beyond hugely labor intensive will make the gray go over the raw pink nature of red oak so you get a pink gray more kin to the 80 s pink whitewash g technique than the current fad of gray stain.
We re sharing our best tips and a detailed step by step tutorial for staining cabinets or re staining your existing cabinetry.
To get what you want you have to start with a.
Gray over orange is just ugly mud colored.
Here was my cabinet before staining.
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We ve pulled together lots of stain color inspiration and instructions for achieve a beautiful stain finish whether for your kitchen cabinets or other cabinetry in your home.
The only negative was that the hinges were slightly exposed but it s no biggie as you wouldn t see much of them once they were painted a darker colour.
In these photos it looks just slightly gray.
Before we had decent bones with the solid oak cabinets shaker style doors.
As you can see the cabinets just look beat up.
I had scrubbed it with the krud cutter.
And after i chose benjamin moore chelsea gray for the cabinets.
I still feel like after three years we re still cleaning up the grime and this project was no exception.
My most popular post by far has been how to paint your cabinets like a professional as a result i have gotten a lot of questions specifically about how to paint oak cabinets.
Starting with orange oak the only way to get gray and not mud is to paint them.
I have done similar work on staining cabinets from oak to a darker stain and the first time i experienced the peeling upon applying the second quote.
Nov 29 2018 explore sheila eicholtz s board gray stained cabinets on pinterest.