Gel Stain Cabinets Before And After
I was thrilled with how it turned out.
Gel stain cabinets before and after. Maybe it was my oak cabinets but i have never had so much trouble getting something to look even. Updating cabinets with gel stain step 1 clean the cabinets. However my bright kitchen will not see gel stain. Unless your cabinets are raw wood the existing finish must be removed before you can apply the new stain coat.
General finishes gel stain tutorial using antique walnut gel stain to refinish kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities in our first flip. Pre installed cabinets will suffer fewer drips drops and messes when you re working with the peanut buttery consistency of gel stain as opposed to the thin liquid you d be dealing with. However there is no way i would attempt using gel stain on my kitchen cabinets as others have. Gel stain provides the durability of stain but the application of paint.
Tip make sure to label the location of each door or drawer so you don t forget where it came from later. Below is a before and after of the gel stain used on the bathroom vanity. The gel stain is thick like pudding not a liquid. In the darker rooms like the bathrooms in our house this worked out fine.
While gel stain does go on thick and sit on the surface of the wood i found that you can still see and feel the natural wood grain beneath unlike paint. Check out the before and after pictures and learn how to refinish kitchen cabinets or any cabinetry or furniture your heart desires with this general finishes gel stain tutorial. Kitchen before and after gel staining of cabinets lmead11. With the oak cabinets the grain was very evident post staining.
Remove all the knobs and take apart any removable parts of the cabinets. In my case it was one door and three drawers. I first did our small half bath cabinet and it turned out so well. Prior to gel staining cabinets i had a lot of experience working with regular wood stain but i had never worked with gel stain.
There are two ways to go about it. Gel stain will not require you to sand the product to a raw wood finish. Staining cabinets isn t difficult but i did choose to wait until i could safely use oil products after the pregnancy of my last baby. Between the gel stain on the vanity and the new mirror this bathroom had left its aging past behind.