Prior to gel staining cabinets i had a lot of experience working with regular wood stain but i had never worked with gel stain.
Before and after gray gel stain cabinets.
Gel stain will not require you to sand the product to a raw wood finish.
Step 6 remove excess gel stain grab another rag and wipe off the cabinet.
Allow the stain to dry before moving on to the next step 10 minutes or so.
Refinishing golden honey oak cabinets to a gray stain.
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However my bright kitchen will not see gel stain.
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.
The gel stain is thick like pudding not a liquid.
Maybe it was my oak cabinets but i have never had so much trouble getting something to look even.
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Between the gel stain on the vanity and the new mirror this bathroom had left its aging past behind.
However there is no way i would attempt using gel stain on my kitchen cabinets as others have.
The grooves will remain darker in color.
We used a brush to blend a little bit along the grooves.
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Check out the before and after pictures and learn how to refinish kitchen cabinets or any cabinetry or furniture your heart desires with this general finishes gel stain tutorial.
Over the years i have pretty much tried every stain product on the market and nothing compares to general finishes java gel stain oil based.
Below is a before and after of the gel stain used on the bathroom vanity.
Gel stain oak cabinets before and after grey.
In the darker rooms like the bathrooms in our house this worked out fine.
These varieties tend to absorb thin traditional stains unevenly looking messy and unfinished no.
The color will remain but we are working to remove the splotches from application.
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Gel stain is particularly forgiving with splotch prone woods like birch cherry maple and pine.