I started a job I always wanted to stay away from. With that said here we go into the Gerard process of refinishing a natural colored red oak cabinetry.
I started by figuring out what would be the simplest process to maximize profit.
My first thought, after getting the job, was that I bid it too low. The homeowner added 300 bucks to the bid, bad sign in my eyes...
The first step was to choose the color, they chose a nutmeg ( light walnut or brown stain color).
I removed 4 door from the master bedroom and brought back to the shop. I first tried to tone the doors, after wiping a deglosser on the doors. This did work, but I thought buildup over the existing finish was too thick. So I proceeded to strip the doors. I then washed the door to removed the stripper, with lacquer thinner. after the doors dried , wiped on a wood stabilizer to seal the door from excepting too much stain and maybe looking blotchy. I then wiped on a lacquer base stain mixer I had from a previous job, it came out a little light, which was ok, because I wanted to spray on the next sealer coat of toner, (mixer of stain and low gloss lacquer, too acquire to color I was looking for. I then sprayed on the final two coats of clear low gloss lacquer. It came out great. I returned to get the home owner's approval. It was prefect. I then removed all of the drawer fronts and doors, too return them to shop for the same process.
he next day I had to return to house to do the tedious job of trying to match the face frames to the doors. This was a quick, (not so quick) too see how I was going to accomplish this task. Well I decided to wipe them down with the deglosser, too remove built up residue and give it some adhesion for the stain. I then decided to sand with a small pancake compressor, ( need a larger one, but it worked). I then wiped on a darker stain than I put on the doors, because I was not stripping the frames down to raw wood. This worked fairly well, reapplying as needed, reactivating first coat to also lighten up areas too dark. I then sprayed on a toner mixer, with door colored stain and lacquer. A few coats and and reworking ares as needed. be careful not to spray too heavy, it will cause runs, and you would have to sand and start from the beginning. this process took me 5 hours to complete the kitchen area. Oh I must tell you about the end panels. The end panel where made from wood grained melamine, which was just a big question as to how accomplish the color adhering. Well, I jumped into it by deglossing the panels, then wiping stain directly to the panels. This was working great, just have to watch the rag marks. I then spayed toner to get the finish look, Great job, it worked. well I have get the doors completed, and back to house to install. I let you know how it all came out with posted pictures of before and after, stay tuned for the final results of a job I never wanted to do....
I started by figuring out what would be the simplest process to maximize profit.
My first thought, after getting the job, was that I bid it too low. The homeowner added 300 bucks to the bid, bad sign in my eyes...
The first step was to choose the color, they chose a nutmeg ( light walnut or brown stain color).
I removed 4 door from the master bedroom and brought back to the shop. I first tried to tone the doors, after wiping a deglosser on the doors. This did work, but I thought buildup over the existing finish was too thick. So I proceeded to strip the doors. I then washed the door to removed the stripper, with lacquer thinner. after the doors dried , wiped on a wood stabilizer to seal the door from excepting too much stain and maybe looking blotchy. I then wiped on a lacquer base stain mixer I had from a previous job, it came out a little light, which was ok, because I wanted to spray on the next sealer coat of toner, (mixer of stain and low gloss lacquer, too acquire to color I was looking for. I then sprayed on the final two coats of clear low gloss lacquer. It came out great. I returned to get the home owner's approval. It was prefect. I then removed all of the drawer fronts and doors, too return them to shop for the same process.
he next day I had to return to house to do the tedious job of trying to match the face frames to the doors. This was a quick, (not so quick) too see how I was going to accomplish this task. Well I decided to wipe them down with the deglosser, too remove built up residue and give it some adhesion for the stain. I then decided to sand with a small pancake compressor, ( need a larger one, but it worked). I then wiped on a darker stain than I put on the doors, because I was not stripping the frames down to raw wood. This worked fairly well, reapplying as needed, reactivating first coat to also lighten up areas too dark. I then sprayed on a toner mixer, with door colored stain and lacquer. A few coats and and reworking ares as needed. be careful not to spray too heavy, it will cause runs, and you would have to sand and start from the beginning. this process took me 5 hours to complete the kitchen area. Oh I must tell you about the end panels. The end panel where made from wood grained melamine, which was just a big question as to how accomplish the color adhering. Well, I jumped into it by deglossing the panels, then wiping stain directly to the panels. This was working great, just have to watch the rag marks. I then spayed toner to get the finish look, Great job, it worked. well I have get the doors completed, and back to house to install. I let you know how it all came out with posted pictures of before and after, stay tuned for the final results of a job I never wanted to do....
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