Your favourite place in the home is now beginning to show the ravages of age and your kitchen cupboards, the most plain part of the kitchen, sport a patina of dust and dirt making them look grubby and tacky. The easiest way to revive good looks to your kitchen is to do something with your cupboards.
A possible answer is to refinish or reface your cabinets. Both processes essentially involve removing the existing finish and applying another one.
Glazing is a method of providing your cabinets with an antique look. You can actively use the aging and tired appearance and change it into a chic look like the cupboards have been aging gracefully for decades. Too frequently do we see kitchens shining in glass and chrome that have a cold and aseptic look.
Glaze can be added to almost any surface, whether it has been painted or stained or polished. It can also be used to highlight embellishment or details of fine handiwork. You prepare by cleaning the surface with a top quality liquid cleaner, unless it has been freshly painted in expectation of glazing. Take off the cupboard doors and all of the metal fittings like hinges.
The actual process of glazing is very like painting and reparations are matching. Put down a drop cloth and create a clean surface on which to work. Employing a good quality natural bristle brush, apply the topping liberally to the surface ensuring that it penetrates the grain. Wipe off the surplus with a fabric that's freed from lint and repeat till you get the effect you need. If you're making a mistake, quickly clean up the area with thinner or solvent before the glaze starts to dry and start again. On painted surfaces the appropriate glaze is acrylic hydrogenated glaze with paint or a coloring agent. Bear in mind that the glaze is applied when it is milk colored and will become clearer when it dries. It will also darken a bit. If you screw up here, employ a material and hot water to get rid of the glaze before it dries.
While glazing remember that you aren't looking for perfectly uniformity, and that slightly uneven coloring will simulate natural aging better than a superbly uniform coat. - 32406
A possible answer is to refinish or reface your cabinets. Both processes essentially involve removing the existing finish and applying another one.
Glazing is a method of providing your cabinets with an antique look. You can actively use the aging and tired appearance and change it into a chic look like the cupboards have been aging gracefully for decades. Too frequently do we see kitchens shining in glass and chrome that have a cold and aseptic look.
Glaze can be added to almost any surface, whether it has been painted or stained or polished. It can also be used to highlight embellishment or details of fine handiwork. You prepare by cleaning the surface with a top quality liquid cleaner, unless it has been freshly painted in expectation of glazing. Take off the cupboard doors and all of the metal fittings like hinges.
The actual process of glazing is very like painting and reparations are matching. Put down a drop cloth and create a clean surface on which to work. Employing a good quality natural bristle brush, apply the topping liberally to the surface ensuring that it penetrates the grain. Wipe off the surplus with a fabric that's freed from lint and repeat till you get the effect you need. If you're making a mistake, quickly clean up the area with thinner or solvent before the glaze starts to dry and start again. On painted surfaces the appropriate glaze is acrylic hydrogenated glaze with paint or a coloring agent. Bear in mind that the glaze is applied when it is milk colored and will become clearer when it dries. It will also darken a bit. If you screw up here, employ a material and hot water to get rid of the glaze before it dries.
While glazing remember that you aren't looking for perfectly uniformity, and that slightly uneven coloring will simulate natural aging better than a superbly uniform coat. - 32406
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