Old masters gel stain is a highly pigmented oil based stain designed to achieve intense colors on interior and exterior wood fiberglass primed metal and composition surfaces.
Gel stain colors for kitchen cabinets.
Don t apply too thickly.
Choose an option below to learn more about how stain colors help create design harmony throughout your home.
With kitchen renovations costing thousands of dollars this gel stain is about 30 for a quart a quart goes a long way.
You can see that process here if you re looking for some good tutorials on how to use gel stain i found this video and this video especially helpful.
I decided to paint our kitchen cabinets.
Beginning with the backside of the cabinet coat each cabinet lightly with the gel stain using an old cloth or foam brush.
Pre installed cabinets will suffer fewer drips drops and messes when you re working with the peanut buttery consistency of gel stain as opposed to the thin liquid you d be dealing with.
Sorry that it s so long but i wanted to make sure i covered as mu.
Gel stain will not require you to sand the product to a raw wood finish.
Instead i plan to paint them white which is a project for this spring.
This lovely light and open space gets a custom touch with green washed kitchen cabinets.
Easy to use general finishes gel stain is undoubtedly the best gel stain brand as it involves little prep and produces high quality results.
However my bright kitchen will not see gel stain.
Giving your home a perfect color palette goes beyond paint.
With sherwin williams stain colors you can let the natural wood shine through match grain colors or cover unsightly blemishes.
A light gray stain will give your cabinets.
The gel stain is thick like pudding not a liquid.
Always test stain on a hidden area to verify desired color.
This is a gorgeous deep and rich hue cooler and more gray than typical cabinet stain colors.
Repeat with cabinet frame.
Do not remove the stain treat it like a paint.
Its thick formula allows easy application and superior color control necessary to achieve a rich and uniform color on most surfaces in a single application.
Wearing the gloves gently stir the gel stain.
Gel stain is especially recommended for woods such as pine birch maple poplar and cherry.
This is a more detailed video than my last one on how to gel stain your kitchen cabinets.
Glaze effects clear base.
With the oak cabinets the grain was very evident post staining.
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.