oak cabinets covered with grease and dirt
jollyrd
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oak cabinet stain looks terrible!
Comments (25)Sorry to tell you but once you have poly urethane on it once it cures it is totally a differant surface that nothing will adhere properly to that is why you have to scuff up the whole surface with 220 or 180 sand paper and reapply poly urethane to it again the sandpaper rough surface gave it some thing to cling to or it will eventually peel off in time like paper and unadhere plus you should have first washed the whole cabiney with borax and vinegar to kill all the mold fungus type color you wre talking about or it will reappear under the surface again and detach the new surface or grow into it after you wash it with the borax vinegar let dry then sand as I stated then what ever heavy duty thinner you use with the polyurthane wipe the whole area clean do not use any other coatings over it it will look good for awhile but it will not last after all that get some new polyurethane that is a deeper color that has the darker pigment in it already they sell it like that you have no choice cause you have a somewhat sealed surface already now if you do it this way hopefully it will last minjimum 15 years maybe 25 or your life time sorry to say the Pro"s that gave you the advise were wrong and it will be only a quick temporary fix that looks good but will not last that long...See MoreNeed to sand the honey oak cabinets to bare wood before painting?
Comments (16)Errant: gorgeous!!! I used a both caulking and wood putty depending on the type of joint/hole filling. I had recessed panels and at the point of recess needed caulking. Sometimes the paint will fill small gaps, but you really don't know how well until the caulking/filling phase is done. So it's just as easy to do it up front and be sure. I didn't caulk around the inside of the doors, but later I wished I had. Those paint gaps annoyed me even inside. I think I may have gone back over them afterwards. I had no shrinking or caulk issues at all in 4 years (then I moved). I think because the wood is 25 years old, it is very stable. Maybe with a lot of humidity, it may be an issue. Also be prepared that with white cabinets, they do show dirt easily. It amazed me to realize how dirty the wood cabinets were that I never saw. No hiding anything with white! I used BM Aura paint which was very durable and held up great to frequent wipe-ups. I also kept a small bottle of touchup paint handy. (Michaels: 2oz flip top plastic jars) Now BM has Aura Advance "cabinet" paint so either it's just a marketing change or presumably is even more durable for cabinets....See MoreOak Cabinets and White Appliances-- Can anything cheap be done?
Comments (47)On the topic of oak cabinets, here is a photo of my parent's circa 1990 kitchen. They are not interested in trends. Unmoved by one of their offsping's urgings to get granite countertops. Baffled by same child's insistence of installing a new dishwasher (mom had to prewash dishes before running through old dishwasher - a habit she probably still does). The kitchen is missing the original owner's wallpaper. The original kitchen tile was popping up (one of these not well-built spec houses) and after my dad had a stroke we felt the floor needed to be replaced. All agreed a wood floor would be too much wood in this oak kitchen so we went with a stone look laminate. I regret I can't remember what brand this is and have found it a tedious process to try and find it on the bigbox stores websites. Personally I would have chosen a darker slate looking floor to go with the oak but my mom wanted a light floor. I do like the floor. I am one of those people who doesn't like oak. I think the only place it belongs is on the floor. But's that's just me! On the other hand I am a sucker for the wood cabinets of the 60's, minus the colonial hardware. Here is a link that might be useful: oak cabs, black appliances, stone floor...See MoreWhat would you do: budget kitchen remodel w/ golden oak cabinets?
Comments (63)@Beth, first thanks for all your tips and ideas on the hardware. Good idea to mark them out and good to know that 4" is the min (they sell 3 and 3.5, which are cheaper, so I wondered if that would work. thanks) I know; You had a lot of good ideas on painting. Thank you. I am still waffling on what to do. I guess my concerns w/ the painted floors are the effort to do it and the maintenance (I have wear patterns on my front porch and the kitchen gets more traffic). Plus I want to limit my exposure to chemicals. FWIW, this morning I emailed my house painter to check his schedule if I choose to have him repaint the cabs. (he's a much better painter than I am) Painting would allow me to fix the placement of the holes on some of the cabs (currently, most of the cabs do not have holes). I could also put a cab to the left of the stove. And I made an appt next week with the interior designer who was going to help me pick finish materials etc with the big remodel....to get his opinion of a scaled-down remodel. i.e. how to make this house a better version of what it is without spending a ton of money since I may move in a few years....thanks for all your help! I don't want this to be all about $$$, but everything is so $$$ and I hate the idea of investing a lot of excessive $ that I won't get when I sell. (when my former realtor came over this summer, she kept saying "do what *you* want; do what makes you happy; you don't need to do anything to fix this house to sell it" etc). So I guess my dilemma: what can make it more live-able for me for the next few years. (but possibly longer? who knows?)...See Moreoilpainter
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