I love oak cabinets.
Gray stained white oak cabinets.
This kitchen has a lot of wood in it but because the cabinetry color is not a typical wood tone there s enough variation to keep it from appearing.
Weathered oak by minwax.
General finishes gray gel stain.
I have oak cabinets in our home and i love them but not all oak or wood cabinets were.
To get what you want you have to start with a different material.
Classic grey stain by minwax was one of my favorite gray stains that i tested.
Oak cabinets are durable and can be stained to match a variety of interiors.
A light gray stain will give your cabinets character is unexpected and allows you to retain a soft light neutral look that easily works with many design styles finishes materials and colors.
A cabinet maker should be able to replicate this look if you show this picture to them.
Rift sawn lumber is produced by quartering the log then sawing it perpendicular to the growth rings.
I used two coats to really enhance the gray color that the stain provided.
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The general finishes grey wood stain is highly pigmented so one coat of stain is all you need for most applications.
Oak and wood cabinets how do decide whether to stain or paint.
The cabinet stain color is custom with a gray washed finish.
White oak is mostly straight grained with a medium to coarse texture.
It has a slightly blue tint to it but the color is fairly consistent from one wood species to the next.
I know that 90 of you are cursing your 1990s oak cabinets while the remaining 10 love them and wouldn t let a lick of paint go near them.
You start with unfinished white oak.
The grain of the wood is still visible on all the samples with one coat.
Nov 29 2018 explore sheila eicholtz s board gray stained cabinets on pinterest.
Over time your oak cabinets may get scratched or become discolored or you may decide you want a slightly darker look.
Rift oak cabinets are the new white or at least a cabinet option that can complement white cabinets especially if you add a gray washed finish to them.
I liked that it added a gray finish to the wood in a more subtle way and still allowed the wood grain to show through and look natural.
Not orange oak cabinets.
Stripping to bare wood beyond hugely labor intensive will make the gray go over the raw pink nature of red oak so you get a pink gray more kin to the 80 s pink whitewash g technique than the current fad of gray stain.