Stain Your Kitchen Cabinets

Glazing Kitchen Cabinets – The Step by Step Guide

If you wish to incorporate appeal and charisma to the painted cabinets in your kitchen area, or desire to make your stained cabinets darker, granting them a majestic and aged appearance, this can be attained with the utilization of colorant and a few methods that are easy to accomplish. This article will provide you a do-it-yourself guide in glazing kitchen cabinets.

Things to Use

It is not necessary to remove the doors and the hinges of your cabinets. This is specifically advantageous if small glaze of shine over the hinges is up to your standard.

Also, make sure to research techniques on staining kitchen cabinets before starting your project.

The materials for this task are:
* Some brushes
*Water based or oil glaze
* Paint, colorants or stain
* Many lint-free rags
* Paint thinner

DIY Glazing Steps

1. Light colored wood stained cabinets can be darkened by making use of oil-based glaze. If you are not very familiar with glaze, it is a clear substance in which you mix color. It provides a simple look and remains wet until you attain your preferred glazed effect.

2. Combine oil stain in your selected color to the glaze. Test different mixes and initially apply your chosen mixture to the inside of scrap cabinet doors or wood to distinguish the look that you are aiming for in glazing your kitchen cabinets. The “apply and wipe” approach with the natural grain of wood will give you the best results.

3. Take all the cabinet knobs and pulls. Remove the drawers since they are easier to glaze when they are lined up or placed along your countertops. Clean them using denatured alcohol.

4. Now use the brush with natural bristle to apply the glaze in the cabinet in sufficient amount. Use lint-free and clean rags to wipe the glaze until you reach your preferred look. Finish one section before you jump to another. Stand back several times to make certain that the glazing looks consistent.

Factors to Consider

* Go for colorants or paints that are darker than the current color of your kitchen cabinets.
* Different from oil based glaze, the acrylic glaze is milky and dries out clear. Remember that it darkens a bit when drying out.
* If you make a mistake with a cabinet section, you can always repeat the process, thus frustration is not necessary. Use rag, dip it in hot water, and wipe the fresh glaze off.
* When you smear any excess glaze, the extra glaze will be pushed in corners ad edges of the frames of the cabinets that will result to hand-rubbed appearance.
* Bear in mind that you are not after evenness when glazing kitchen cabinets; instead you are aiming for fascinating and old cabinetry look.