Help! White Oak Cabinet Stain?
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Comments (4)Valerie, Thanks, we had the hardwoods installed about five years ago, and I do not remember the name of them. They were prefinished floors, though. I have maids that come weekly, they vacuum and then use the spray hardwood floor cleaner on them that my flooring guy recommended. I don't usually have to clean in between, but I am not a clean freak. I don't have pets inside, but lots of teens in and out!...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! red oak floors pink and white oak cabinets going in
Comments (31)We went with Jacobean/Special Walnut mix and I love the color…so much better than the first. It was almost worth all the frustration, moving in and out of the house multiple times and having no furniture down for almost 2 months…I said almost LOL! Thanks everyone for the advice and hopefully someone learns from my mistake....See MoreHow to keep natural white oak color on cabinets
Comments (18)those are beautifully done. Check wit hRubio monocoat. https://www.rubiomonocoatusa.com They did these Rift sawn oak vanities with their Oil Plus 2C in Oyster https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6230815/how-to-keep-natural-white-oak-color-on-cabinets#n=8 another oak cabinet: https://www.rubiomonocoatusa.com/blogs/gallery/10598-tanagerhills-dr We really transformed our custom cabinets with the Rubio Monocoat Precolor Easy and Rubio Oil. It was really important to me as a designer to use a eco-friendly product for this cabinet finish and design, but I also wanted a cerused effect. We were able to achieve this by staining the cabinets with Antique Beige PreColor Easy and then Sealing them with Super White Rubio Oil. The cabinets look amazing and so unique. Rubio is a great finish for furniture and cabinets. No concern with wear. One year later and you cannot see any wear marks! These custom cabinets are rift sawn white oak and Rubio made them really shine....See Morehrussell8312
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