Brown Mahogany Gel Stain On Oak Cabinets

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Brown mahogany gel stain on oak cabinets.

You can see that this stain consistently pulls a brown hue with the exception of the red oak for obvious reasons. I tend to view special walnut as a lighter brown stain. In this video tom and sheryl monahan of general finishes show how to refresh existing oak cabinets with brown mahogany gel stain video transcript tom. Let the first coat dry and apply one or two more coats as needed.

Drying time varies based on the size and nature of your project as well as the environment it s located in. Rachelle of originally worn shows you how to stain over an existing finish on cabinetry using general finishes gel stain. My first 1 2 pint of gel stain was 14 48 with shipping. The color soaked in well so i only needed 2 coats.

3 coats of java gel stain and the urethane top coat 3 coats on. The quart of poly cost 28 50 with shipping the rough cost to refinish the cabinets with gel stain was. Could you use a grey stain or a colored stain other than brown. Wipe off the gel stain going with the grain using a clean dry cotton cloth or high quality paper towels.

The last 2 pictures show the finished product with another approx. I used general finishes java gel stain n also used antique walnut. Minwax early american from the results on the pieces of wood early american is a muted brown stain that can show a gray undertone. I used general finishes antique walnut gel stain on my oak cabinets.

On aug 1 2018. 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. Normally drying time ranges from 6 to 12 hours. I have an oil finish on my cabinets will this work on my doors.

To help the first 2 pictures i ve uploaded of the doors are just after the brown mahogany finish. On feb 5 2019. Stain the cabinet fronts by applying gel stain on a sponge brush with light and even strokes to avoid getting stain on the insides. I also had old oak cabinets with a veneer side.

This post is sponsored by minwax. We ve been wanting to do a wood stain study for years now and in my head i wanted to do every type of wood with about 20 different stains each but with limited resources not to mention space we settled on 5 popular species of wood commonly used by diyers with 6 different stains. This method works great for furnitu. The quart that i bought to finish the project was 27 50 with shipping.

Stain the front of the cabinet doors with light and even strokes to avoid clumping.