|
Home Repair - - If it ain't broken, don't fix it. Otherwise look here.
|
|
|
|
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
|
Posted by CompleteNewb on January 20, 2008, 9:30 pm
We have a 1929 house, and we're trying to save money wherever we can. I
personally like our cabinets, because they have that "panel" on the inside
that actually creates a seal when the door is closed. When you close one
cabinet real fast, the other one opens because there's such a good seal.
Haven't been able to find cabinets like that on the market lately.
Anyway, I stripped and sanded and sanded and sanded one door to see what we
had to work with, and the paint seems to be just completely seeped down into
the grain itself (it's white)/
Does anyone have some kind of tips on how to address this? Anything that
might "draw" the paint out, or some ways to re-finish that would mask this?
Or should I just slap another (tenth or eleventh) coat on the top, and give
up the idea that we could make them look like wood again?
Thanks for any input.
|
| |
Posted by Norminn on January 20, 2008, 9:51 pm
CompleteNewb wrote:
>We have a 1929 house, and we're trying to save money wherever we can. I
>personally like our cabinets, because they have that "panel" on the inside
>that actually creates a seal when the door is closed. When you close one
>cabinet real fast, the other one opens because there's such a good seal.
>Haven't been able to find cabinets like that on the market lately.
>
>Anyway, I stripped and sanded and sanded and sanded one door to see what we
>had to work with, and the paint seems to be just completely seeped down into
>the grain itself (it's white)/
>
>Does anyone have some kind of tips on how to address this? Anything that
>might "draw" the paint out, or some ways to re-finish that would mask this?
>Or should I just slap another (tenth or eleventh) coat on the top, and give
>up the idea that we could make them look like wood again?
>
>Thanks for any input.
>
>
>
>
Oak? Slap on paint remover, let it set for about 30 min., scrub with old
toothbrush. I've never found wood
that I couldn't get the paint out of. If you still have traces of
white, you could wipe on thinned dark
brown or black paint to fill the grain and wipe off when it begins to
get tacky.
|
|
Posted by C & E on January 20, 2008, 10:29 pm
> CompleteNewb wrote:
>
>>We have a 1929 house, and we're trying to save money wherever we can. I
>>personally like our cabinets, because they have that "panel" on the inside
>>that actually creates a seal when the door is closed. When you close one
>>cabinet real fast, the other one opens because there's such a good seal.
>>Haven't been able to find cabinets like that on the market lately.
>>
>>Anyway, I stripped and sanded and sanded and sanded one door to see what
>>we had to work with, and the paint seems to be just completely seeped down
>>into the grain itself (it's white)/
>>
>>Does anyone have some kind of tips on how to address this? Anything that
>>might "draw" the paint out, or some ways to re-finish that would mask
>>this? Or should I just slap another (tenth or eleventh) coat on the top,
>>and give up the idea that we could make them look like wood again?
>>
>>Thanks for any input.
>>
>>
> Oak? Slap on paint remover, let it set for about 30 min., scrub with old
> toothbrush. I've never found wood
> that I couldn't get the paint out of. If you still have traces of white,
> you could wipe on thinned dark
> brown or black paint to fill the grain and wipe off when it begins to get
> tacky.
Ditto Norminn's comments. Also, some strippers for a film and are peeled
off in a sheet, pulling paint from the grain. Some of these products are
even 'green' which gets around the toxicity factor. Sorry that I can't help
with the product names but I haven't done this in a while. Standing at the
hardware store and scanning the shelves made it obvious which were which.
An easy find. Best of luck for a great outcome!
|
|
Posted by Norminn on January 21, 2008, 6:21 am
clipped
>>>
>>>
>>Oak? Slap on paint remover, let it set for about 30 min., scrub with old
>>toothbrush. I've never found wood
>>that I couldn't get the paint out of. If you still have traces of white,
>>you could wipe on thinned dark
>>brown or black paint to fill the grain and wipe off when it begins to get
>>tacky.
>>
>>
>
>
>Ditto Norminn's comments. Also, some strippers for a film and are peeled
>off in a sheet, pulling paint from the grain. Some of these products are
>even 'green' which gets around the toxicity factor. Sorry that I can't help
>with the product names but I haven't done this in a while. Standing at the
>hardware store and scanning the shelves made it obvious which were which.
>An easy find. Best of luck for a great outcome!
>
>
>
>
Strypeeze was my favorite for wood - semi-paste, NOT water washable.
Last time I used paint
remover, it seemed the formulations had changed some.. I haven't tried
the citrus stuff. Removing
paint from wood is a really messy project, but worth it. I did an
entire kitchen, so it can be done.
It takes 2 or 3 appl. Put it on thick and then let it work without
brushing it out. Scrape (gently).
Repeat appl., then scrub after it's worked a while. Toothpicks,
toothbrushes, steel wool to get
into stubborn spots. After the last appl. and all paint is gone, clean
up with steel wool and mineral
spirits scrub to get last of the p.r. off. Semi-paste has a little wax
in it to thicken, and you don't
want any traces of that remaining on the wood. After m.s. scrub, wipe
with paper towels and
let it dry.
|
|
Posted by Nate Nagel on January 20, 2008, 10:28 pm
CompleteNewb wrote:
> We have a 1929 house, and we're trying to save money wherever we can. I
> personally like our cabinets, because they have that "panel" on the inside
> that actually creates a seal when the door is closed. When you close one
> cabinet real fast, the other one opens because there's such a good seal.
> Haven't been able to find cabinets like that on the market lately.
>
> Anyway, I stripped and sanded and sanded and sanded one door to see what we
> had to work with, and the paint seems to be just completely seeped down into
> the grain itself (it's white)/
>
> Does anyone have some kind of tips on how to address this? Anything that
> might "draw" the paint out, or some ways to re-finish that would mask this?
> Or should I just slap another (tenth or eleventh) coat on the top, and give
> up the idea that we could make them look like wood again?
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
Are you really going for a bare wood look or simply a smooth surface to
repaint? I'm suspecting from your question that you are trying to go to
bare wood to varnish - I don't know that that is possible. But before
you give up, try steel wool, it's more conformable than sandpaper. If
that doesn't work, it's entirely possible that the primer coat was thin
enough to actually penetrate the wood slightly, and you're screwed. But
if you paint them, they'll look a hell of a lot better than if you
didn't strip them, so it's not a wasted effort.
I understand your desire to keep the old cabinets... they really don't
make 'em like they used to in some ways, and I find flat doors much more
appealing than ones with lots of surface detail to catch dust and make
them harder to clean.
nate
--
replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
http://members.cox.net/njnagel
|
Page 1 of 2 1 2 > last >>
| Similar Threads | Posted | | Paint or stain kitchen cabinets? | December 29, 2007, 6:47 am |
| Using auto painting shop to paint your kitchen cabinets | July 4, 2006, 8:14 am |
| Stripping wood cabinets | February 11, 2006, 1:36 am |
| Re: Home Repair - Kitchen Cabinets And Kitchen Renovations | May 11, 2008, 9:28 pm |
| stripping down kitchen... walls are simply paneling? | September 6, 2007, 9:02 pm |
| Stripping paint from plaster | June 2, 2006, 12:33 pm |
| Paint stripping question | July 28, 2006, 3:25 pm |
| Paint stripping question | July 28, 2006, 3:32 pm |
| Stripping paint in the winter | December 10, 2006, 9:54 am |
| stripping paint from door frames | March 5, 2006, 4:48 pm |
|
|
|
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap