Brown Mahogany Gel Stain On Oak Cabinets

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.

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. 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. On feb 5 2019. 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.

I used general finishes java gel stain n also used antique walnut. The last 2 pictures show the finished product with another approx. Stain the front of the cabinet doors with light and even strokes to avoid clumping. Rachelle of originally worn shows you how to stain over an existing finish on cabinetry using general finishes gel stain.

Minwax early american from the results on the pieces of wood early american is a muted brown stain that can show a gray undertone. Could you use a grey stain or a colored stain other than brown. On aug 1 2018. This method works great for furnitu.

3 coats of java gel stain and the urethane top coat 3 coats on. It shows the original medium oak door and then another door with about 3 coats of brown mahogany wipe off method. My first 1 2 pint of gel stain was 14 48 with shipping. To help the first 2 pictures i ve uploaded of the doors are just after the brown mahogany finish.

I used general finishes antique walnut gel stain on my oak cabinets. 2 light 2 medium and 2 dark. The quart that i bought to finish the project was 27 50 with shipping. Today were going to discuss refinishing existing oak cabinets with general finishes gel stain dubbed the one coat wonder by amy from high style restyle in dallas because of its.

Wipe off the gel stain going with the grain using a clean dry cotton cloth or high quality paper towels. Normally drying time ranges from 6 to 12 hours. This post is sponsored by minwax. The quart of poly cost 28 50 with shipping the rough cost to refinish the cabinets with gel stain was.

I have an oil finish on my cabinets will this work on my doors. Let it dry between coats give you project a chance to dry. Let the first coat dry and apply one or two more coats as needed. I tend to view special walnut as a lighter brown stain.

The color soaked in well so i only needed 2 coats.