How To Paint Oak Cabinets Distressed White
Once the spackling has dried sand it smooth with 320 grit sandpaper.
How to paint oak cabinets distressed white. Using a small brush add more antiquing glaze to the distressed parts of the cabinets and or doors. Painted wood cabinets from old oak to gorgeous gray. This is a blog post of our old home 2 houses and 7 years ago. Apply the paint with a small foam roller to cabinet ends inside the house.
I filled in the grain of the center panel but not the frames since i would be distressing them. Apply a muralo spackle paste to the cabinet doors with a putty knife. To smooth the heavy oak wood grain use a putty knife to apply a very thin layer of spackle onto your cabinets. It s ok to apply the glaze liberally in these places because some of it will be removed in the next step.
Clean all doors and drawers with tsp substitute. Don t focus too much on the edges or deeper grooves unless the wood was. The kitchen is visible from the. I painted them white and slightly distressed them for a bright and cheerful kitchen.
Diy distressed kitchen cabinets while distressing cabinets are best left on the hands of professionals and those with a knack for painting or art you can still easily diy you existing cabinets to achieve a. It s such a great example of budget friendly update ideas that i decided to update it and wanted to share it as most of you probably haven t seen it. This kitchen had those 80 s oak cabinets that so many want to get rid of. You can use a paintbrush to paint smaller areas the roller can t reach.
Use a smooth foam roller to paint your cabinet doors drawer fronts and cabinet boxes. To achieve this a darker more opaque glaze was used on the white kitchen cabinets to produce the random patches of faux paint damage. The best paint for oak cabinets i found is insl x cabinet coat enamel in satin diluted and applied with a paint sprayer. Insl x cabinet coat is an acrylic water based enamel.
Like i mentioned above a lot of research and testing went into that decision. This helps gives the feeling of having new cabinets instead of just putting some paint on the old ones. Allow the coat to dry for 24 hours unless otherwise directed by the paint s label.