I am looking for an easy way to give my wooden kitchen cabinets a
facelift. Don't want to go through the refinishing process. wondering
if anybody knows a good way to make them "POP" again?? I used Briwax on
one of them and it works pretty good, but wondering if anybody has a
better longer lasting solution??
TIA
Dave
In article <[email protected]>, Dave
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I am looking for an easy way to give my wooden kitchen cabinets a
> facelift. Don't want to go through the refinishing process. wondering
> if anybody knows a good way to make them "POP" again?? I used Briwax on
> one of them and it works pretty good, but wondering if anybody has a
> better longer lasting solution??
> TIA
> Dave
Hi Dave,
About 1.5 years ago, we gave our oak cabinets a
facelift. What I did was to take all the doors
off, remove hardware (which we changed) and
cleaned them with 0000 steel wool & mineral
spirits. Then I ran some stain over them to fill in
any scratches etc. After a few days to dry, I rubbed
them gently with steel wool and then put 2 coats
of wipe on poly on them. Same treatment for the
drawers & faceframes.
This made them "pop" like new - actually, better
than new IMHO.
Nice hardware makes a big difference.
Lou
loutent <[email protected]> wrote in
news:141020051611538189%[email protected]:
> In article <[email protected]>, Dave
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I am looking for an easy way to give my wooden kitchen cabinets a
>> facelift. Don't want to go through the refinishing process.
>> wondering if anybody knows a good way to make them "POP" again?? I
>> used Briwax on one of them and it works pretty good, but wondering
if
>> anybody has a better longer lasting solution??
>> TIA
>> Dave
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> About 1.5 years ago, we gave our oak cabinets a
> facelift. What I did was to take all the doors
> off, remove hardware (which we changed) and
> cleaned them with 0000 steel wool & mineral
> spirits. Then I ran some stain over them to fill in
> any scratches etc. After a few days to dry, I rubbed
> them gently with steel wool and then put 2 coats
> of wipe on poly on them. Same treatment for the
> drawers & faceframes.
>
> This made them "pop" like new - actually, better
> than new IMHO.
>
> Nice hardware makes a big difference.
>
> Lou
that sounds like a great idea. no need for stripping which is the
main
thing i wanted to avoid. the rest i can handle, just didnt want the
mess of stripping. THANKS
Dave