how do we finish white oak rift cut cabinets and preserve the nat
13 years ago
Hi--
Our cabinets are in, and they use a vertical grain white oak rift-cut veneer. We love the natural color which has a bit of gray in it, but most of the sample finishes we've checked out (even clear water-based acrylic) end up yellowing the finish a bit.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to preserve the natural color of the white oak? We just tried rubio monocoat (natural and 5% white) which has potential but I was hoping for a bit more sheen, and am a bit cautious about being the guinea pig on this product (our cabinet finisher hasn't used it before).
Here's a quick pic to show the color:
The floors are also oak and will be stained a bit darker. Counter is "River" by fuez and backsplash tile will be a large format (6" x 20") gray porcelain that matches the counter background color.
Thanks!
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Comments (16)Thank you so much for the links! nycbluedevil - here is the link to your threads. Your kitchen and bathroom are beautiful. It looks like you used stained walnut for your kitchen and stained rift cut oak for your bath. Beautiful! http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg1011163919891.html http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/bath/msg0622101018782.html detroit_burb - those links are great! I am really torn. We are stuck with clear coat, plain sawn red oak floors which are pretty grainy. We are going for a more updated clean line contemporary look with our ranch style house. My concern with the walnut cabinets is that the grain will compete with the grain of the floor hence the interest in rift cut oak as an alternative. But I really like the color of natural walnut - nice too that it's a little easier on the budget because we would just clear coat it rather than stain it. If we go rift cut - we would have to stain it to get the darker contrasting cabinet color that I think the space needs but it's more expensive and I wonder if it's too modern. Ugh. This is the decision I've obsessed about the most. Bathrooms were easy! Lighting easy! It's just these cabinets! Any thoughts greatly appreciated. I just saw this thread too which helped - but still I'm wondering about how it all works with the red oak floors. Following this post too... Here is a link that might be useful: Thread on rift cut oak, mid century and other options...See MoreI need photos of your stained rift sawn white oak cabinets! Please? :)
Comments (9)Linelle: your description perfectly captures the difference between my sample and what I'm looking for! My sample is flat and lifeless. What I want is for the wood to look rich and alive. The example I chose may be red oak. I know white oak can be just as lively as red oak though. There are plenty of QS white oak photos that look rich and full of figure. It's the rift white oak that I cannot find good photos of! ILoveRed: I have seen the photo of the tall cabinets in the first kitchen and it is gorgeous! It doesn't show the detail of the wood as clearly as I need but I'll add it to my photos. The second kitchen you found has some really good photos. Thanks so much for finding that for me! omelet: I'm not an expert either but I agree with you - the cut determines the figure of the wood more than the finish. But take a look at the figure on the unstained backside of my sample door: Unstained, it has a lot of wonderful richness and unexpected fleck in too. If they didn't leave the backside unstained I would have never known that RS white oak could look so lively and have such lovely figure. In one of my other threads, we seem to have figured out that they used a mix of woods and cuts on this sample door. The side rails look like RS white oak, top and bottom rails QS white oak and center panel is plain sawn red oak. That's a fantastic suggestion to post on the flooring forum! Off I go......See MoreHelp! Rift sawn oak cabinets: clear finish, stain or cerused?
Comments (10)Hi, Sophie, Scherr's will do the clear coat. They will also do any Sherwin Williams stain. By specialty finish, if you mean the ceruse finish, I am talking to a local cabinet refinisher about it. He does not build cabinets. But I don't think it's likely we will go that route, for a number of reasons. Fori, thanks for weighing in. We will be ordering some sample doors. I have some white oak samples, so if we decide to stain, I may try some of the stains out before asking them to put them on sample doors. I feel the need to narrow the options down a bit first. The clear finish that Scherr's uses comes in two sheens: dulled rubbed (flat) and medium rubbed (satin). Does anyone know if the flat finish would hold up as well as the satin, be as easy to clean? Does the sheen determine durability and cleanability as well as the shine level? Thanks again!...See MoreIt thought I was sold on a walnut kitchen but I'm liking rift cut oak.
Comments (42)These places have a range of sources for European oak, including Monarch. . Engineered | Wholesale Woodfloor Warehouse (floorswww.com) . and . HARDWOOD FLOORING DEPOT, ORANGE COUNTY PREMIER HARDWOOD FLOORING OUTLET , IRVINE, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA , IRVINE, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (oflooring.com) Eastern European oak is a different species and may use a Siberian Quercus mongolia more available to Chinese manufacturers. Besides the hardwood top layer thickness and the finish, check the core composition. A thin hardwood veneer and a softwood ply core can be prone to denting....See MoreRelated Professionals
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