Glazing Over Stained Cabinets

Glazing kitchen cabinets is also known as antiquing.

Glazing over stained cabinets.

It is an easy job usually requiring less than a weekend to complete and by following a few steps you will have great looking cabinets. Keep reading for all the ins and outs of glazing. Honey oak cabinets have a lovely open grain that is rendered invisible if coated with solid color paint. This is the process of artificially aging the way a cabinet looks by applying a glaze to make a weathered appearance.

A dated cabinet finish gives a kitchen a retro look though not always in a good way. Glazing can give an antiquated look to your cabinets create depth in the finish or make a stain look darker. How to glaze over polyurethane on cabinets. The two most popular glaze combinations are white glaze on white painted cabinets and a dark glaze on stained cabinets.

Glazing over honey oak stained cabinets. There are a number of shades of glaze including such glazes as mocha bronze nickel vanilla coffee caramel and tea. Find out which is better for the grade or type of wood like oak cedar and mahogany. Using a gel stain as the glaze requires minimal work and maximum results.

Glaze however can let the grain show through. Once painted or stained allow the cabinet doors drawers and cabinets to dry for at least 24 hours before moving on. Glazing is a highly controllable way of adding the antiquing or metallic look between layers of paint and the finish coat. Today i m sharing our adventures in glazing the bathroom cabinet.

It can only be done on painted cabinets because stained cabinets will repel the glaze mixture and will therefore show no effect. Glazing cabinets is an easy way to update the look and feel of your space. Stained cabinets guide compares paint and stain for kitchen and bathroom cabinets including pros cons costs and types like gel stain or white paint. I love the deep rich tones of the wood after glazing it.

For an antique look decorators use dark pigmented glaze on white cabinets.