Outdated To Outstanding Golden Oak Cabinets

outdated to outstanding golden oak cabinets

I also like to add some paint extender which will delay the drying time of your stain, giving you more time to play with the stain once it goes on, to get the color you want. Add a squirt of extender directly into the stain/topcoat mixture, and mix well.
Before you start staining, you’ll want to lightly sand down the surface of your cabinets, just to rough up the edges a bit so that the stain really gets into the wood. You don’t need to do any heavy duty sanding. I used an 80 grit paper with a medium grit sanding block. When that was nicely sanded, I went over it with a 220 sandpaper as well. When the sanding is done, wipe down well with a cheese cloth to get rid of any residue.

outdated to outstanding golden oak cabinets

I also use denatured alcohol and water (another 1:1 mixture) and cleaned off the cabinets well. This mixture is a great de-greaser, and will remove cooking oil from kitchen cabinets as well as hair products from bathroom cabinets too. Wipe down your cabinets well with this mixture, and when dry, you’re ready to tone!

outdated to outstanding golden oak cabinets

Apply the stain mixture with a sponge brush, brushing on like you would paint.
Cover the whole cabinet with stain. Keep going, you got this!

outdated to outstanding golden oak cabinets

For the next step, you’ll need a natural bristle brush with lots of “poof”.

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