Oak Cabinets Painted White With Grain Showing

Painting Oak Cabinets and Grain showing.

Oak cabinets painted white with grain showing. Now if you do not like the grainy texture of the painted oak cabinets in your kitchen then you are at the right place. The homeowners were awesome they had a fabulous contractor who worked with the homeowners on the big stuff and then we came in to paint and unify the cabinetry. Paint typically takes up to a week or more to fully cure.

When your paint is completely dry you can reattach the hardware and put the doors and drawers back in place. So while itll seem dry in a few hours you want to be careful with the newly painted surface for a week or two after. These types of wood cabinets are the easiest to paint and get a silky-smooth result.

Originally Published on February 16 2014. Since we did a light sanding then two coats of good quality primer and two-three coats of paint the grain is pretty faint but it does provide some visual interest in certain lights especially when the sunlight streams through the window over the sink. I also wrote this ebook which organizes all of the information from the original tutorial along with all of the questions here into one handy place.

See how smooth the painted oak finish looks. This is because of the grainy texture of the oak wood and these grains do not easily hide behind the paint. When you paint oak cabinets white the grain texture remains very apparent.

It worked well and we didnt even need to prime afterward. Its a beautiful way to make wood and other composite materials smooth. How To Paint Oak Cabinets White With Grain Showing Painting Oak Cabinets White An Amazing Transformation Lovely Etc Refinishing Oak Cabinets Aqua Coat Hide Grain You.

In order to do that there are a few steps involved including sanding filling the grain sanding again priming sanding are you seeing a trend here priming and 2-3 coats of paint. Because I was using chalk paint and wax I didnt want the wax settling into the grain so I had to figure out how to hide it. It includes printable checklists and a tracker for your paint.