Beige Painted Oak Cabinets
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Comments (2)After removing as much of the paste as possible, do a coat of Gardz as a primer before painting. It will not interact with any residual paste to protect your paint job. It's available at the Home Depot. Here is a link that might be useful: Gardz...See More9 long years of oak cabinets- i got the go to paint them. help
Comments (7)First, congratulations!! Lots of threads on how to paint the cabinets. Do a google search, include "Gardenweb" in the search. Just throwing something out there for you to think about, does red look good with this granite? If so, it could make a great color for the island. I found these on houzz. There are a lot more there... [kitchen design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/kitchen-ideas-phbr0-bp~t_709) by birmingham general contractor Signature Homes [traditional kitchen design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by dallas design-build Dallas Renovation Group [traditional kitchen design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by dallas kitchen and bath USI Design & Remodeling [traditional kitchen design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by tampa architect Bud Dietrich, AIA [traditional kitchen design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by san diego interior designer Andrea May Hunter/Gatherer...See Morepainted pine ceiling & beige tone cabinet will it work?
Comments (39)Minwax is a DIY level product. The stains they produce can be used with other oil based finishes...which means you are going to be "locked into" oil based finishes. A properly finished water based polyurethane floor should last longer than 2 years. I'm going to guess the product used was "off the shelf" with too few coats. Which would be a massive problem. Sigh. Sadly this is why SOOOO many people talk about how "bad" water based finishes are. It isn't the finish. It is the "PROFESSIONAL" (so-called) who puts down the low-end stuff (and offers a GREAT price) that create this misconception of "water based" finishes. Minwax stains are used every day. They are ubiquitous to the flooring industry. They've been around SOOOOO long that every wood flooring professional has either trained with them or continues to use them today. The problem with Minwax is it can have issues with water based products that are far more up-to-date (chemically) than when oil based finishes were the ONLY OPTION. Please be aware that any oil based finish (even oil modified water based products) will turn your wood orange (or a heavy yellow). If you want a softer gray tone, you will find an oil based finish WILL turn it orange. This is VERY upsetting to anyone who is looking for the strong gray (like the planks you are holding in the pics) you want. Personally, I think your kitchen is already "country" simply because of the style of the doors. A soft white paint will offer what you want without the distressing. My personal favourite would be antique blue...but you have to change the counters for that. The natural wood colours are timeless. If you look at any country home (anyone on a farm in an old farm house) you will find natural wood floors - because they can't be too fussy about 'fashion'. Flooring has to be functional. And natural is the most functional of all. And just for fun, I KNOW the cherry table/chairs will clash BADLY with any gray tone you put down. Cherry wood + gray wood = big clash that will make you cry. Right now the natural wood is doing VERY well with the cherry. The "problem" child would be the black stools. Ignore them. Focus on the cherry+natural oak. They are the two valuable items in the room. And they are working VERY nicely right now. I woudn't mess with that combo....See MoreProfessionally painted oak cabinets or new cabinetry?
Comments (41)@Nora Vassar - Your original question was on painting versus replacing. Without knowing your budget, the cost to repaint, the cost to replace, what you have now and what you could have, it is impossible to give you decent advice. Whether you are creating value by saving money or destroying value by sinking money into an albatross depends on information we don't have. My knowledge of wood and coatings is at least on par with most professionals, and here is my 2 cents. Painting Oak is always a bit tough, the grain is prominent and if you don't want the grain showing that means a lot more work and really it means a thicker coating. That is compounded when you are trying to repaint over existing coatings. The problem is that wood is hygroscopic, it swells and shrinks with changes in humidity and thus the coatings must swell and shrink also while remaining hard and durable. So the more layers of different materials that are on wood, the more chances there are for differences in swelling and shrinking of coatings to create problems. Mostly we see those differences as the paint "becoming brittle," but the end result is a less durable finish. There is no professional painter that is going to get a good factory quality finish on repainted Oak cabinets. There are many people who can get an acceptable finish on repainted Oak cabinets and create value. Staining cabinets is a bit better than painting cabinets because the layers are typically thinner which is better, but also staining tends to hide imperfections that paint draws attention to. However, there is no doubt that a stained cabinet will outlast a painted cabinet, all other things being equal. Which is neither here nor there if you don't want stained cabinets. I will mention that from what little I can see of your cabinets, I have concerns about repainting that are not about coating durability. Be sure that you are not putting too much faith in the ability of a coat of paint to fix your concerns. I see a lot of face frame and moulding on those cabinets and painting may increase the visual impact of those parts. If you want help making the decision, I would provide more information like layout and a lot more pictures. If it doesn't help you have wasted a bit of time, and if it does, it was time well spent....See MoreRelated Professionals
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