Staining Wood Veneer Cabinets

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Staining wood veneer cabinets. It makes no sense to me. All it takes is a little elbow grease and you ll have a whole new look for your kitchen. Unlike solid wood wood veneer is delicately thin and can be easily chipped and damaged if subject to aggressive sanding and stripping so extra care is required in refinishing a wood veneer piece. How to gel stain cabinets the good the bad and the truth.

Yes you can stain cabinets that currently have paint on them. I mean why do they provide solid oak cabinets and then put cheap wood print on the side. I was excited to cover. It is a lot of work to strip and sand the surface but it will be worth it if you want a natural wood look.

Step 1 apply oil stain with a cloth or soft bristle brush following the grain of the wood. If you have laminated cabinets or furniture that simply don t work with the space or are showing their age you can stain or paint them easily to completely change or update the look of a room. Liberally wipe the stain on the surface of the oak using strokes parallel to the grain only. By lynette on march 4.

Consider a stain even a light stain as any colorant used on the wood will help nullify the color difference the darker the stain the less obvious the difference will be. Is stain and finish varnish the same thing. I d like to use a gel stain on them instead of painting to go darker. This should be done with wood filler.

Staining or painting wood veneer is no different from staining or painting any wood in that you first must fill in any chips or cracks. Cover the veneer with an even wet coat of stain. For finished cabinet sides that are obvious in your final installation consider applied or integrated door panels on your cabinet sides. But by unfortunate accident while painting the kitchen recently and by using blue painters tape to tape off the cabinets we discovered that the sides of the cabinets are not real wood they must be veneer or something equally cheap.

Staining is a great way to get a fresh new real wood look to your kitchen cabinets you just can t get with paint. Painting fake wood cabinets or staining them is on trend at this point in the décor industry. Wait 5 to 15 minutes to allow stain to penetrate the veneer and then wipe off excess stain with a clean cloth again following the grain of the wood 3 x research sourcestep 2 apply second coat of stain if needed once the 1st coat has set up usually 4 to 6 hours step 3 allow to dry for 8 hours before applying a sealer if desired.