I love oak cabinets.
Gray gel stain on oak cabinets.
I have oak cabinets in our home and i love them but not all oak or wood cabinets were.
Hands down general finishes gel stain is the best brand for diy projects.
Oak and wood cabinets how do decide whether to stain or paint.
Let the first coat dry and apply one or two more coats as needed.
The gel stain is thick like pudding not a liquid.
Drying time varies based on the size and nature of your project as well as the environment it s located in.
It has a slightly blue tint to it but the color is fairly consistent from one wood species to the next.
To get what you want you have to start with a.
With the oak cabinets the grain was very evident post staining.
It needs another coat but it s already pretty.
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The general finishes grey wood stain is highly pigmented so one coat of stain is all you need for most applications.
Gray over orange is just ugly mud colored.
Between coats give your project a chance to dry.
Starting with orange oak the only way to get gray and not mud is to paint them.
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.
I used general finishes java gel stain n also used antique walnut.
Stain the front of the cabinet doors with light and even strokes to avoid clumping.
The easy to use gel stain completely transforms oak cabinets.
Stain the cabinet fronts by applying gel stain on a sponge brush with light and even strokes to avoid getting stain on the insides.
The quart of poly cost 28 50 with shipping the rough cost to refinish the cabinets with gel stain was.
The quart that i bought to finish the project was 27 50 with shipping.
Restyle junkie says ever wonder what general finishes gray gel stain looks like.
General finishes gray gel stain.
May 28 2016 restyle junkie of phoenix az gives us a great visual of gf s gray gel stain.
I know that 90 of you are cursing your 1990s oak cabinets while the remaining 10 love them and wouldn t let a lick of paint go near them.
The color soaked in well so i only needed 2 coats.
The grain of the wood is still visible on all the samples with one coat.
I followed youtuber pete b n his exact directions n used same brush to paint on the gel stain n let me tell you it came out perfect n i never did this before.
My first 1 2 pint of gel stain was 14 48 with shipping.
This is only one coat over a honey oak graham cracker cabinet.
Normally drying time ranges from 6 to 12 hours.
I also had old oak cabinets with a veneer side.